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End of Life Online Curriculum - Modules

Overview of Palliative Care

Dyspnea

Home Hospice

Opioid Conversion

Prognostication

Transition to Death

Palliative Sedation

Communication

Bereavement

 

Transition to Death

Introduction & Learning Objectives
Pre-Test
The Patient's Story
The Case Continues
The Illness Progresses
Symptom Management

Supporting the Patient's Family as Death Approaches:
Information Load
Privacy/ Dignity
Coaching
Special Situations
Time of Death
Notification
Communication and Coaching the Family
Signs of Impending Death

Death Pronouncement
Family Communication - Post Death
Post-death Care and Cultural Sensitivity
Autopsy, Organ or Body Donation, and Funeral Arrangements
Conclusion
Resources
Post-Test

Appendices
Telephone Call Script
Sample Condolence Letter
References
Authors

Conclusion

Quality care for actively dying patients requires a number of core competencies from symptom management to prognostication and communication. It is an honor to care for patients at the end of life and their families and helping them write their final chapters.

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Funded by a grant to the Veterans Administration Nationwide Palliative Care Network by the National Library of Medicine. VJ Periyakoil, MD, Director.