"how-to" practical suggestions for common problems in the terminally ill.

Access to Palliative Care Resource 1. Access to Palliative Care Resources in Capital Health Region (issue 23) Pain Management 1. Pain Assessment (issue 9 updated 2010) 2. Pain Management (issue 8 updated 2010) 3. Assessing Pain in the Palliative Care Patient with Moderate to Severe Dementia (issue 32 updated 2010) 4. Morphine vs Hydromorphine vs Oxycodine vs The Patch (issue 17) 5. Myoclonus - Seizures - Hyperalgesia (issue 18 updated 2010) Gastro-intestinal system 1. Cancer Anorexia/Cachexia (issue 2) 2. Cancer Nausea and Vomiting (issue 5 updated 2010) 3. Constipation in the Cancer Patient (issue 3 updated 2010) Respiratory system 1. Dyspnea (issue 4 updated 2010) 2. Management of Noisy Respirations in Comatose Patients ("Death Rattle") (issue 19 updated 2010) 3. Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion (Issue 34) Cognitive and Mood Disorders 1. Depression or Delirium? (issue 15 updated 2010 ) 2. Delirium (issue 1 updated 2010) Hydration and artificial nutrition 1. Hydration (issue 11 updated 2010) 2. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (issue 24 updated 2010) Common complications of advanced disease 1. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy (issue 7) 2. Anticoagulation in Palliative Care cancer patients (issue 31 updated May 2010) 3. Infections (issue 6 updated 2010) Radiotherapy 1. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Bone Metastasis & the RAPRP(issue 26 vol 1) 2. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Brain Metastasis (issue 29) 3. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: FAQ's on Radiotherapy (issue 26 vol2) 4. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Thoracic Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer (issue 27) End of life care and Ethical consideration 1. Palliative Sedation (issue 21 updated 2010) Medication administration 1. Commonly Administered Sub-Cutaneous Medications in Palliative Care (issue 20) 2. Subcutaneous Administration of Opioids and Anti-emetics (issue 14) Others 1. Natural Health Products in Cancer (issue 33 updated 2010) 2. Treatment of Pressure Ulcers (decubitus ulcers, bed sores) (issue 10) Practical information for patient care in the community 1. How to Arrange Therapeutic Paracentesis for Palliative Care Patients in the Community and Hospice (issue 30) 2. Quick Response Kit (issue 25 updated May 2010) 3. Managing Terminally Ill Patients at Home (issue 16) 4. FAQ#1 of the Terminally ILL or Their Families (issue 12 updated May 2010) 5. FAQ#2 of the Terminally ILL or Their Families (issue 13 updated May 2010)