Lancaster University - Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care

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Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care
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Overview

Improve your care as a healthcare professional or family caregiver with palliative treatment and sedation best practices.

Duration	3 weeks
Total fee	₹2,205
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care
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FutureLearn
Highlights

Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care
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FutureLearn
Course details

More about this course

How people die stays with those who care about them. Dying well means being able to manage challenging symptoms in clinical care settings, which can sometimes involve the use of sedation or other care options.
On this three-week course from Lancaster University, you will learn the best practices for managing difficult end of life symptoms. With this knowledge, you will be able to improve your care practices as a health and social care professional or a family caregiver.
You will learn what it means to die well as you unpack patterns and experiences at the end of life. Exploring findings from a European Commission funded study, you will also discover the use of sedation and other care options you can use in your context.
Through a variety of learning materials, including short videos, articles, discussions, and real-life case studies, you will discover the role of palliative care and sedation in helping people to die well.
This will help you gain an understanding of current palliative care practices and treatment options for end of life care across Europe and in the context of ethical and cultural differences.
Next, you will compare ethical and practical debates as well as evidence-based recommendations about the use of sedation in end of life care across European countries.
This exploration will help you learn how to manage difficult symptoms with sedation.
Finally, you will explore the revised recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care on palliative sedation.
You will then put your skills into practice as you prepare a plan about the use of sedation in your own clinical care setting or as a family caregiver.