Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care
Lancaster University
Participants learned about the role of palliative care and sedation at the end of life, based on a variety of scholarship in palliative care and clinical experience, including research from a project called ‘Palliative Sedation: The Use of Proportional Palliative Sedation to Manage Refractory Symptoms’, funded by the European Commission.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Sheila Payne
Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care
Lancaster University
Nancy Preston
Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care
Lancaster University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe patterns of dying across the world and common symptoms people experience
- Explore current palliative care practices and treatment options near the end of life, including sedation
- Apply evidence-based recommendations on sedation to support decision making about its use and delivery within palliative care contexts
- Evaluate ethical and clinical evidence about the use of sedation at the end of life across European countries
- Develop a plan about the use of sedation at the end of life in the context of their own setting
Syllabus
The course will cover the following topics:
- Typical symptoms and experiences at the end of life and the concept of ‘dying well’
- Global patterns of dying and an introduction to palliative care as a practice
- Current (European) clinical practice in managing difficult symptoms at the end of life, including the use of sedation
- Ethical and policy debates regarding palliative sedation
- Revised recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care on using sedation in the palliative care context
Issued on 22nd December 2023
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