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Physician and patients. Palliative approach to care and serious illness conversations.

Palliative approach to care and serious illness conversations

By Dr. Shirley Samuel-Haynes on November 21, 2023

I learned that a palliative approach to care and serious illness conversations address and manage patients’ and families’ psychological, practical, social, loss/grief, spiritual, and physical issues like pain and symptom management in line with their goals of care and help prepare for eventual life closure. Here are practical tips on how to implement this in your practice.

But I don’t do maternity care… (yes you do!)

But I don’t do maternity care… (yes you do!)

By Dr. Karen Buhler on October 12, 2016

In BC women are receiving maternity care from fewer providers. To assist practitioners Perinatal Services BC created the Primary Maternity Pathway and the Vancouver Division of Family Practice in 2014 developed a 2-page Early Prenatal Care Summary Checklist for Primary Care.


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