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Palliative Care

Competencies, Frameworks & Guidelines

B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines, 2019 [Printable]
Printable versions
B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines, 2019 [Interactive]
Interactive - may take a few minutes to load

Forms

Expected Death at Home [Internal Form]
Nova Scotia Health staff only

Enrollment in the Special Patient Program [Form]

Guides - Patient and Provider

Expected Death at Home Form and Process: Information for Health Care Providers
WD85-1844 -- The Nova Scotia Palliative Care Network (2021)
The Nova Scotia Green Sleeve: Information for Health Care Providers
WD85-1834 -- The Nova Scotia Palliative Care Network (2021)
The Nova Scotia Green Sleeve: Information For Patients, Families and Substitute Decision Makers
WD85-1833 -- The Nova Scotia Health Palliative Care Network (2021) -- French version: FF85-1863
La Pochette verte de la Nouvelle-Écosse : Information pour les patients, familles et mandataires
FF85-1863 -- Nova Scotia Health Provincial Palliative Care Coordinator (2021) -- English version: WD85-1833
Preparing for Death and Dying - A guide for people with life-limiting illness, their families, and their friends
Nova Scotia Health, 2017
Se préparer à la mort et à la fin de vie - Guide à l’intention des personnes atteintes d’une maladie limitant l’espérance de vie, de leurs familles et de leurs amis
Nova Scotia Health, 2017
Serious Illness Care Program: Reference Guide for Clinicians
Ariadne Labs, 2015
What Matters to Me: A Workbook for People with Serious Illness
Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), ©2021

Tools

ECOG Performance Status Scale
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

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