Ethics in Palliative Care - Text version

This module focuses on the importance of ethics in the context of palliative care within the Indian setting.

The text version of the Ethics in Palliative Care module has been created for accessibility purposes. All videos have been converted into transcripts for faster loading times.

This course focuses on the core principles and best practice for delivering effective palliative care in India. It has been developed in partnership with Karunashraya Hospice, Bengaluru and Cardiff Palliative Care Education Team, Wales. Experts from across India and the UK have contributed to ensure the course is appropriate for the India cancer profile and resource setting.

Published May 2016.

Objetivos educativos

By the end of the module, you should be able to:

Outline the key ethical principles.

Describe a decision making framework to help structure a response to an ethical dilemma.

Describe the care of a patient and their family using an ethical framework.

Share your knowledge of ethical frameworks with others in your team.

Requisitos del sistema

This module requires the learner to have a good, stable internet connection and runs best on INTERNET EXPLORER 7 AND ABOVE, and MOZILLA FIREFOX on either Windows or MacOS. FLASH ADD ON is also required to run this module.

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Política de divulgación

We, Dr Nagesh Simha of Karunashraya Hospice, Bengaluru, India and Prof Fiona Rawlinson of Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales with the support of colleagues Dr Nicola Pease of Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, Wales and Dr Joanne Hayes of Marie Curie Hospice Cardiff and the Vale, Penarth, Wales have no actual or potential conflict of interest whatsoever which impinges on the making, peer reviewing and dissemination of this e-learning course.