An experienced nurse on the front lines discusses major efforts to improve the quality of advance care planning discussions and the completion of advance directives

This webinar will help social workers acquire the knowledge and skills to incorporate best practices in assessment, intervention, and referral of patients in pediatric palliative care.

The goal of these webinars are to discuss the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of common psychiatric conditions in the seriously ill. One webinar describes the phenomenology and treatment of anxiety disorders along the continuum of care and the other describes the presentation and management of clinical depression and suicidal ideation.

This package describes up-to-date information about the integration of specialist palliative care into the management of patients with congestive heart failure and COPD. It includes a topic focused on the challenging issues surrounding the use of cardiac devices in the population with advanced heart failure.

In these three webinars, you will obtain important information about the assessment of an array of ethically challenging issues and explore the foundations for ethical analysis and ethics-informed case review.

This package includes three webinars, one focused on the safe and effective use of methadone for pain and two describing the use of nonopioid drugs - the diverse group known as the "adjuvant analgesics" and medical cannabis - that may be useful therapies when combined with opioids or offered instead.

Free Palliative Care Podcasts Available on PodBean and on iTunes