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Rainbows Children's Hospice Symptom Control Guidelines New 2008 Edition
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"This protocol has been written to allow doctors (both GPs and Paediatricians) and nursing staff in specialised units and in the community, an understanding of the basis of symptom control in paediatric palliative care." | 2008 | Dr Satbir Singh Jassal B.Med Sci, B.M., B.S. DRCOG, Dip Pall Med, MRCGP Medical Director Rainbows Children's Hospice General Practitioner |
| Advance care planning: the Glossary Project - Final report, developed by Janet Dunbrack for Health Canada |
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"This report seeks to bring clarity to the concepts and terms used in advance care planning in Canadian provinces and territories and in the health, social and legal sectors in order to facilitate pan-Canadian dialogue about advance care planning..." | August 22, 2006 | |
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| CHPCA/CNPCC Norms of Practice: Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care | English | The CHPCA's Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children (CNPCC) have worked to adapt the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association's (CHPCA) national principles and norms of practice for pediatric care, for which a national consensus process was successfully completed in May 2006 | March 2006 | Feedback and comments can be sent to pedsnorms@cnpcc.ca |
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| Presentation on the preliminary results of the Survey of Canadian pediatric palliative care services |
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Preliminary results of the recently completed Canada-wide survey of palliative care services for children. Further results to follow. | Sept. 2005 | info@cnpcc.ca |
 ACT Resources and Shop
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ACT Web Site | Many helpful documents to assist professionals in palliative and end-of-life care for children | N/A | |
| DNAR /PND Policy, Canuck Place Children's Hospice |
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Canuck Place Children's Hospice Policy on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation - Permit Natural Death. | July 9, 2002 |
Dr. Hal Siden, Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Vancouver Canada Email: hsiden@canuckplace.org |
| "Every child is my child": A report of the workshop - Hospice services for children around the world, March 3, 2004, Hospice House, London |
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Click here for information | August 2004 | Click here for information |
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IWK HEALTH CENTRE, Halifax, Nova Scotia Clinical Policy/Objective Manual - Death of a Patient |
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Clinical policy and guideline describing provision of support to family and friends, appropriate legal documentation and procedures, and care of the body following the death of a patient. | July 2003 | Grace MacConnell, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, IWK Health Centre Email: Grace.MacConnell@iwk.nshealth.ca |
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