Medical Students Information
The following are links to further information about palliative care which may be of interest to you, or may be helpful if you wish to explore a particular topic in more detail.
1) Video clip Reith Lectures - Dr Atul Gawande
Is curing disease the most important job of a doctor?
2) The ‘Pallied’ Youtube site contains a collection of short clips and videos specifically designed for medical students. There are also practical video demonstrations, how to verify death, use of syringe drivers and giving a subcutaneous injection.
3) For more information on the particular needs of children and young adults with life-limiting illnesses
Together for Short Lives - children's and young adults palliative care
4) Prognostication and natural history of life-limiting illnesses
Gold standards Framework Prognostic Indicator tool
5) Symptom control guidelines
Palliative Care Guidelines Plus
WHO cancer pain ladder for adults
NorthEast Devon Formulary for Palliative Care - prescribing and symptom control guidance
6) Advance Care Planning
NHS choices - planning ahead for end of life
7) Guidance of resuscitation
BMA guidance decisions about resuscitation
8) Ethical and legal guidance relating to end of life decision-making
GMC guidance "Treatment and care towards the end of life"
BMA End of life decisions guidance
National Council for Palliative Care - how the mental capacity act applies at the end of life
Deprivation of liberty safeguards
9) Guidance on what to do after someone dies
Gov.uk - What to do after someone dies
10) It is worth exploring this website designed for Peninsula medical students, in particular to complete the clinical cases.
11) E-learning modules on end of life care
e-ELCA Electronic learning for health
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