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Learning about palliative care is crucial as it equips individuals with the skills to provide compassionate, holistic care to dying patients, improving their quality of life. Additionally, understanding palliative care principles helps clinicians effectively manage symptoms, support families, and make ethical decisions in end-of-life situations.
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Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) project provides free resources to educators and learners to assist in the transition to clinical practice, as well as further professional development.
how do i offer a
better death?
what do i say when someone is dying?
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Being able to communicate clearly and compassionately with patients, their families and colleagues about death and dying is crucial across all fields of medicine. By improving our collective death literacy and confidence in the space, we can help ensure our patients receive the best care at the most difficult times.
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Check out our article on communication skills here, written by consultant geriatrician and communication skills coach Dr Linda Appiah-Kubi.
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Understanding Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) is essential for all doctors as it empowers them to navigate complex ethical, legal, and patient centred considerations surrounding end-of-life care. Through knowing the relevant legislation and requirements of clinicians, we can ensure we provide informed decision-making and compassionate support for patients facing terminal illness.
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VADANZ provides high quality education to healthcare professionals to support them to provide excellence in voluntary assisted dying.
Go Gentle Australia provides Australia wide and state specific information for health professionals on VAD. It includes steps on how to become a VAD practitioner. Additionally, it provides information to the general public and those wanting to pursue VAD.
what the heck is VAD?
Caring for people at the end of life can be emotionally heavy, and grief can show up in unexpected ways. Below are Australian resources for medical students seeking support, reflection, and guidance around death, dying, and grief.
A Dose of Grief is not an emergency support service.