Reports, Presentations and Standards of Practice
This page is divided into five sections:
BC Reports
A provincial framework for End-of-Life Care published in May 2006 by G. Abbott.
health.gov.bc.ca
Discussion paper on a Provincial Strategy for end-of-life care in British Columbia pub-lished in October 2002.
health.gov.bc.ca
The Patients Property Act
qp.gov.bc.ca
The Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
qp.gov.bc.ca
The Representation Agreement Act
qp.gov.bc.ca
The Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007.
leg.bc.ca
Alberta Health Services’ Advance care planning welcome page provides links to background information on the regional development of ACP including a link to their 2008 ACP Logic Model framework. It also offers a section for healthcare provider resources including clinician tools and access to their on-line learning modules.
calgaryhealthregion.ca
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care web site offers several resource documents for allied healthcare professionals (under Professionals).
chpca.net
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) recently released a report titled "Health Care Use at the End of Life in Western Canada" and "Health Care Use at the End of Life in British Columbia".
secure.cihi.ca
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Cross Cultural Palliative Care NET published Andrea Con's Cross-Cultural Considerations in Promoting Advance Care Planning in Canada in February 2008.
Dunbrack, J. (2008). Implementation guide to advance care planning in Canada: A case study of two health authorities. Ottawa: Health Canada.
Health Canada Reports (listed below)
hc-sc.gc.ca
- (2007) Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Final Report
- (2006) Hospice Palliative Care: Public Awareness Raising Framework
- (2006) Advance Care Planning: The Glossary Project: Final Report
- (2005) Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Progress Report of the Coordinating Committee: December 2002 to March 2004
- (2005) The information needs of informal caregivers involved in providing support to a critically ill loved one
- (2002) National Action Planning Workship on End-of-Life Care
Australian Government: Department of Health and Ageing.
The National Palliative Care Strategy - A National Framework for Palliative Care Service Development – October 2000
health.gov.au
Last Acts Committee. (2002, November). Means to a better end: A report on dying in America today. Washington, DC: Last Acts.
Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition. (no date). Recommendations for addressing EOL in ESRD. Midlothian, VA.
Moss, A. (Ed.). (2003, March). Completing the continuum of Nephrology care end-stage renal disease peer workgroup: Recommendations to the Field (Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
National Association of Social Workers (NASW). NASW Standards for Social Work Practive in Palliative and End of Life Care.
socialworkers.org
National Health Services (NHS) Department of Health (DH). The National Service Framework for Renal Services.
dh.gov.uk
National Health Services (NHS) End-of-Life Care Programme. The Gold Standards Framework: A Programme for Community Palliative Care.
goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk
National Health Services (NHS) National End of Life Care Programme / The University of Nottingham.
National LCP Renal Steering Group. (June 2008). Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient: Guidelines for LCP drug prescribing in advanced chronic kidney disease. Liverpool, UK: Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute
Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA).
pepaeducation.com
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care offers a section on Palliative Care Tools Listed by Grantee (Demonstration Project) and National Workgroup.
promotingexcellence.org
Renal supportive and end-of-life care: a one day workshop organized by the Department of Health on Monday, April 14th, 2008.
dh.gov.uk
Stanton, P., & Noda, B. (2008, April). Renal end of life care action planning: Thematic analysis of outcomes from a DH stakeholder event held at Prospero House on 14th April, 2008. PowerPoint presented at the Renal supportive and end of life care: A one-day workshop.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Advance Care Planning guidelines with links to a few more articles.
racgp.org.au
The UK’s National Health Services (NHS) Department of Health (DH) published a document on 16 July, 2008, outlining England’s end-of-life care strategy: End of Life Care Strategy – promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life.
The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute of Liverpool provides several resources of in-terest, including some information on renal.
mcpcil.org.uk
The World Health Organization offers several publications on palliative care:
(In chronological order)
Endstage Renal Disease Network of New York Inc. A series of keynote speakers from the conference
Completing the continuum of quality patient care: Renal Palliative Care at the Crowne Plaza LaGuardia Airport Hotel, E. Elmhurst, New York on Feb. 25, 2004. The following power points and accompanying lectures were featured:
Dr. Mohamud Karim (April 2008) EOL Care in Nephrology-Palliative Care Rounds. Power Point Presentation.
Alexandra Kruthaup (May 2008): Advance Care Planning Conversations: The Family Perspective -
PowerPoint Presentation
Palliative Care and ESRD by Dr. D. McGregor (June 2008).
Advance Health Care Planning by Dr. D. McGregor and P. Porterfield.
Planning for the Future: Legislative Change and Planning for the Future by Laura Watts.
Nephrology Palliative Care Pilot Project (ATT 2) – Last Year of Life of Patients Dialyzing In In-Centre Hemodialysis Unit (Nov. 2008) by Dr. R. Werb & S. Young
Dr. Kiaii, Nicole Gorman, Dr. Richard Crawford, Marianna Leung (Dec 2008): St. Paul's Hospital's Pruritus Protocol
Dr. Ron Werb (May 2009): Palliative Care Education & Practice (PCEP) -
PowerPoint PresentationBereavement Call and Condolence Letter Samples by Dr. Ron Werb (Aug. 2009). Power Point Presentation.
Dr. Sara Davidson: End-Of-Life Care in Chronic Kidney Disease. BC Nephrology Days 2009. Handout.
Professional Organizations’ Position Statements and Standards of Practice
Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists (CANNT). Nursing Standards of Practice (2008). Recommendations for practice are available for conservative management, advance care planning and palliative care.
Canadian Nurses Association. (2008). Code of ethics for registered nurses.
Canadian Nurses Association. (n.d.). Providing Nursing Care at the End-of-Life Position Statement.
Renal Physicians Association & The American Society of Nephrology Board of Directors. (1997 & 2002). RPA/ASN position on quality care at the end of life.