Basic powerpoints

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Based on the session in the Palliative Care Toolkit training manual using the ‘you can do’ format. These summary slides form the basis for preparing presentations. Users should acknowledge Cairdeas and MPCU and also adapt to their own setting. Core medications available in low and middle income countries are used.

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  What is palliative care
  

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  You can address ethical and legal issues
  

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  You can assess pain
  

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  You can break bad news
  

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  You can build a team
  

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  You can control pain
  

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  You can control symptoms
  

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  You can give care to children and families
  

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  You can give end of life care
  

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  You can give spritual care
  

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  You can implement palliative care
  

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  You can improve communication skills
  

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  You can look after yourself
  

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  You can manage palliative care emergencies
  

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  You can support grief and loss
  

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  You can tell others
  

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  You can treat, care and prescribe
  

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  You can use morphine