Palliative Care for GPs, including pain and symptom management at end of life

TOPICS

• Recognising patients who need palliative care
• Communicating about end of life issues
• Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria
• Assessing and managing common symptoms
• Advance care planning
• Holistic pain assessment & management in palliative care
• Pharmacological & Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain
• Management of pain – routes of administration
• Principles of opioid use: titration, prescribing, breakthrough dosing and rotation of opioids

Target Audience:

This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are welcome to attend.