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Evidence databases

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

Hospice and palliative care

Interdisciplinary practice

International

CareSearch
A comprehensive Australian online resource for patients, carers, palliative care specialists and other health care professionals. read more...

Caring Connections
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national US website... read more...

Children's Hospice International
An organization that provides support and care to children and their families through resources and information. read more...

Common Core Competences and Principles for Health and Social Care Workers Working with Adults at the End of Life
Skills for Care and Skills for Health working in partnership with the Department of Health and the NHS (UK) End of Life Care... read more...

End of Life: Powerpoint Learning Module
This 70 minute, voiced-over powerpoint presentation reviews the core elements of quality palliative care and gets to the... read more...

Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
HFA is a nonprofit organization that promotes hospice care and works to educate professionals and the families they serve... read more...

Innovations in End of Life Care
This international, online journal features peer-reviewed promising practices in end-of-life care, useful tools, selected... read more...

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
An international organization that seeks to increase the availability and access to high quality Hospice and palliative care... read more...

International Association for the Study of Pain
Founded in 1973, IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, healthcare providers and policymakers to stimulate and support... read more...

International Children's Palliative Care Network
Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions have very specific and unique palliative care... read more...

Long term care

Medication reference guides

Other

Palliative care emergencies

Pediatrics

Professional associations

Prognostication / Care in the final days

Psychosocial care

Research - (link to researcher portal)

Self care

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Symptoms

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