Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Symptoms
Anorexia / Cachexia
Anxiety
Ascites
Bleeding
Bowel obstruction
Congestion
Constipation / diarrhea
Cough
Dehydration
Dehydration practice guideline
This article is part of a series of symptom management guidelines developed by the Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care... read more...
Nutrition and Hydration in Hospice Care: Needs, Strategies, Ethics (The Hospice Journal , Vol 9)
A comprehensive clinical reference book on nutritional care of the terminally ill for dieticians, nutritionists, and other... read more...
Tube Feed or Not To Tube Feed?
This evidenced-based fast fact sheet written by Dr J. Hallenbeck and Dr D. Weissman provides a brief outline of what is known... read more...
Delirium
Depression
Drowsiness
Dyspnea
Fatigue
General
Hypercalcemia
Lymphedema
Mouth care
Myoclonis / Seizures
Nausea / vomiting
Pain
Radiation skin reactions
Spinal cord compression - see Palliative care emergencies
Swallowing
Wounds
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