The power of information sharing to support informed decision making!
The CHPCA Model to Guide Care outlines the “Process of Providing Care”. Unlike the Nursing Process (assess, plan, implement and evaluate) that I learned as a young nursing student, the CHPCA model identifies ASSESSMENT INFORMATION SHARING DECISION MAKING then CARE PLANNING CARE IMPLEMENTATION and finally CONFIRMATION (evaluation) I am struck by the simplicity of this […]
One strategy to decrease overtreatment…
A hundred years ago we did not need to worry about this… but when dying in the 21st century, overtreatment is possible, can add to disease burden, can decrease quality of life, and is in fact a concern that we need to address! Article in NY Times by Tara Parker Pope, “Overtreatment is taking its […]
Physician Assisted Suicide – CHPCA issues paper
I am including the link to the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care paper that summarizes the issues and discussion for and against PAS. It is meant to inform and encourage discussion of this topic among hospice palliative care providers, as well as the public. It offers a foundation of facts from which its members and others […]
Physician Assisted Suicide – CHPCA statement
THe recent decision by the BC courts to strike down the ban on PAS has brought the topic to the forefront again. The last time I wrote about Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) I was a student and the paper was thirty pages long. (Bless the prof who had to read it!) The Canadian Hospice Palliative […]
