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Pocketbook and App

Pallium provides clinical decision support tools and resources for primary-care providers that share and promote best practice in palliative and end-of-life care. These are practical, interprofessional just-in-time clinical resources that can be referenced in a health care professional’s daily practice.

Pallium Palliative Pocketbook

The Pallium Palliative Pocketbook is a practical, peer-reviewed, and fully referenced one-stop resource that is intended to support safe, ethical, effective and accountable palliative clinical service. Its compact size and easily accessible information make it ideal for non-specialist physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and medical students.

The Pocketbook is Pallium’s best-selling resource.

Topics covered include:

Principles of palliative care
Advance Care Planning and decision-making
Ethics in palliative care
Respiratory symptoms
Neurological problems
Palliative emergencies
Psychological and psychiatric distress
Total suffering, spirituality, dignity and spiritual care
Metabolic, electrolyte and endocrine problems
Palliative sedation at the end-of-life
Interventions
And more.

Pallium Palliative Pocketbook – hard copy

This is the printed version of the best-selling Pallium Palliative Pocketbook — a comprehensive resource about palliative and end-of-life care that you can keep on hand for quick reference.

Important shipping update:

In response to the ongoing Canada Post strike, Pallium Canada has temporarily adjusted our shipping options to ensure uninterrupted delivery of our Canadian orders. Orders will now be shipped via UPS wherever possible, with a standardized delivery fee of $20 applied to all orders.

Please note that UPS does not deliver to all areas of Canada, and additional shipping costs may apply depending on your location. Should this situation arise, a member of our team will contact you directly after your order is placed to discuss alternative arrangements.

Thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.

Pallium Palliative Pocketbook – eBook

This is the electronic version of the best-selling Pallium Palliative Pocketbook — a comprehensive digital resource about palliative and end-of-life care that is available at your fingertips.

The Pallium Central app

The Pallium Central App allows you to find, enroll in, and access Pallium Canada’s suite of online and in-person Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) courses and modules. Use the resources feature to find and view palliative care clinical tools and resources.

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