DFM3004

Palliative care

(MED)

Dr T Banks

4 points + off campus distributed learning + Approximately 10 hours per week

Synopsis: This elective unit includes the following: what is palliative care, disease and the illness experience, I am a communicator, spiritual and ethical issues, grief and bereavement, symptom control, pain management, emergencies in palliative care and the role of the general practitioner in palliative care.

Assessment: Written assessment work