National Canadian Resources 
What is Palliative Care? (a personal definition)
Palliative Care is an approach to care which focuses on comfort and quality of life
for those affected by life-limiting/life-threatening illness. Its goal is much more than
comfort in dying; palliative care is about living,
through meticulous attention to control of pain and other
symptoms, supporting emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs, and maximizing functional status.
The spectrum of investigations and interventions consistent with a palliative approach is guided by goals of patient and family and by accepted standards of health care, rather than being boundaried by preconceptions of what is or is not "palliative".
See also the
The spectrum of investigations and interventions consistent with a palliative approach is guided by goals of patient and family and by accepted standards of health care, rather than being boundaried by preconceptions of what is or is not "palliative".
See also the
Links Grouped by Topic:
- Aboriginal / Indigenous Peoples
- Advance Directives (Health Care Directives)
- Advocacy, Govt Policy
- Assessment/Evaluation Tools
- Associations / Foundations / Societies
- Bereavement / Grief
- Cancer - General Information/Resource Sites
- Cannabinoids
- Care Pathways
- Clinical Resources- Links to sites with on-line texts, symptom control information, medication use such as subcutaneous administration and compatibility
- Complementary Therapies
- Education
- Ethics, Position Statements
- General Resource Sites
- Global Palliative Care
- Journals, Publications, Textbooks
- Nursing Sites
- Patient/Family/Caregiver
- Pediatrics (Links directly to the Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children page of links)
- Policies, Procedures, and Protocols
- Programs
- Psychosocial Professional
- Quality of Life
- Research Sites Related to Palliative Care
- Specific Diseases/Populations
- Spiritual / Faith-Based
- Standards and Norms
Teaching Material
Manitoba Resources - Lectures/Presentations/Handouts- Ian Anderson Modules
- StopPain.org: Topics in Pain Management - A Slide Compendium
Local (Winnipeg) Documents
Incident Pain and Incident Dyspnea Protocol
A protocol for the sublingual use of fentanyl and sufentanil in the management of incident pain and dyspnea (that which comes on as a result of an action or activity).- Symptom Management For Pneumonia At End-Of-Life (Please feel free to use/edit/adapt as you wish)
An approach to managing terminal pneumonia, a common end-of-life complication in many progressive chronic conditions, including dementia, malignancy, and neurodegenerative, respiratory, and rheumatologic conditions. This may facilitate effective symptom management in the comfort care of deaths related to influenza - Analgesia and Dyspnea Protocol
- Guideline for Decision Making in Palliative Care
- Subcutaneous Cannula Insertion Procedure
- Guideline for Estimating Prognosis
- Flowchart: Nursing Management of Suspected Excessive Opioid Dosing
- Clinical Guideline: Anticipating And Preparing For Predictable Clinical Challenges In The Medical Care Of The Terminally Ill Person Wishing To Die At Home
Here's the same document in Microsoft® Word
format - Health Care Directive
