Resources
Resources
The following are some palliative care links, texts, etc. that may prove useful in your practice.
*some of these documents are private/protected; contact @ChrisRalphXmed on Twitter for consideration of access
Embedded Files
Palliative Care New Learners':
New Learner's "Starter Kit"
New Learner's "Starter Kit"
Quick Shareable Link: bit.ly/SCAIstarterkit
Pain PDQ document from NCI - good overview of cancer pain
Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations (Book): A Guide for Effective Dosing, 2nd Edition By Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD
Fast Facts and Concepts (Palliative Care) (website) edited by Sean Marks, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin
B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines
Palliative Care Symptom Management Guidelines (Fraser Health, BC)
Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction: suggestions from a multidisciplinary expert Board
Support Care Cancer. 2019; 27(11): 4083–4090.
Podcast: It's Not All About Death
palliative care podcast featuring Calgary-based physicians and clinical pharmacist
Links
Links
Alberta CancerCare GURU Guidelines > See Symptom Management tab
Fast Facts and Concepts (Palliative Care) - edited by Sean Marks, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Management of Toxicities from Immunotherapy:
ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines
Methadone for Pain in Palliative Care - Virtual Hospice course
OncoPRN - oncology resources blog (not updated recently)
The Other Side of Fentanyl - article by palliative patient Teva Harrison (The Walrus)
Pain PDQ document from NCI - good overview of cancer pain
Palliative Care Formulary (PCF7, UK) from PalliativeDrugs.com
Palliative Care Symptom Management Guidelines (Fraser Health, BC)
Pallimed - outstanding multidisciplinary blog
Virtual Hospice - tools for practice
Books
Books
Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations*: A Guide for Effective Dosing, 2nd Edition By Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD
Pain is Really Strange* by Steve Haines
"short research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects."
*we have eBook version
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
Hijacking the endogenous opioid system to treat pain: who thought it would be so complicated?
PAIN: December 2017 - Volume 158 - Issue 12 - p 2283-2284
Discovery of endogenous opioid systems: what it has meant for the clinician's understanding of pain and its treatment
PAIN: December 2017 - Volume 158 - Issue 12 - p 2290-2300
Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction: suggestions from a multidisciplinary expert Board
Support Care Cancer. 2019; 27(11): 4083–4090.
Pain in Patients With Cancer - special supplement JOCO issue
JOCO Vol. 32, No. 16, June 1, 2014
(Series of many informative articles)
Pharmacist's Role in Palliative and Hospice Care (ashp.org)
Podcasts
Podcasts
featuring "brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care"
palliative care podcast featuring Calgary-based physicians and clinical pharmacist
hosted by Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD
BJ Miller, M.D.: How understanding death leads to a better life
“People die much more miserable than they need to because they haven't dared to look at this thing called death before it's too late.” —BJ Miller
Episode on Peter Attia MD Drive podcast
Palliative Care of Twitter (Lists)
Palliative Care of Twitter (Lists)
#PalliativeCare (curated by @ChrisRalphXMed)
Palliative Care (curated by Virtual Hospice)
Pall Onc/Supp Onc (curated by Dr Joseph McCollom)
Palliative Care Pharmacists (curated by James B. Ray @Rxpalli8r)
Tools
Tools
CCM Patient EDUCATION Templates - Master Google Doc
CCM Patient EDUCATION Templates - Master Google Doc
2024 Dr. Nicola Macpherson's Little Black eBook of Palliative Pearls (SECURED).pdfSCAI 2020 design: @ChrisRalphXmed
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