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In My Words: Meet the Leads – Dr. Stephanie van Zanten, Paediatric Palliative Care Physician
Watch Dr. Stephanie van Zanten's short video profiles and read more about Stephanie's story below. "There is a huge need for everybody to understand a palliative care approach." Dr. Stephanie van Zanten… -
Pain at End-of-Life
Learning Objectives Describe the prevalence of pain at EOL Define pain and its subtypes Describe the concept of Total pain Explain an approach to evaluating pain in children Describe treatment modalities for… -
Paediatric Palliative Care: A Provincial Model of Care
Open Discussion We delivered the last session of Cycle 6 in collaboration with Ontario Health and the Ontario Palliative Care Network. With year-end being an inherent time of reflection, in lieu of… -
Importance of Respite
Learning Objectives Review the definition and criteria for respite in children with medical complexity Understand the benefits of respite for a child with medical complexity Understand the importance of respite from a… -
Transition to Adult Care
Didactic Speaker Dr. Erin M. Kwolek is a pediatric palliative care physician at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Roger Neilson House. She is also a Royal College of Physicians and… -
Words With a Wizard: Empowering Children Through Conversations About Serious Illness, Death and Dying
~5-minute read “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is…
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