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Nursing Curricula Resource Guide The Canadian Virtual Hospice has created this Guide for nursing educators to provide quick access to evidence-informed teaching...

Palliative Care Competence Framework for Nursing and Midwifery

Palliative Care Competencies for Undergraduate Medical Students in Canada A competency-based model of medical education is being integrated across the trajectory of medical education in Canada --...

RNAO Palliative Care Nurses Interest Group (PCNIG) Ontario nurses committed to the principles and practice to hospice palliative care nursing as outlined in the CHPC Nurses...

Social Work Competencies for Practice in Hospice Palliative Care The profession of social work brings a unique perspective to end-of-life care that reflects and supports the holistic philosophy...

Supporting the Palliative Care Approach: Recommendations for Nova Scotians The purpose of this position paper is to identify the actions needed to improve palliative care in Nova Scotia. This document...

TEAMWORK: The sum is greater than the parts Prepared and presented by Winnipeg Regional Health Authority - Palliative Care Team members for a CHPCA webinar, 2012.

Update: The Supreme Court Ruling on Physician-Assisted Death (Nursing) This online article by the Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS) discusses considerations for nursing practice in relation...