HUMANE PALLIATIVE CARE 5 ECTS PAL1

Objectives
Students will
Know how to explain the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life care and how they are related to each other
• Know how to comply with the key laws and regulations of palliative and end-of-life care
• Know how to define ethical and legal questions and how to act according to ethical values and principles in palliative and end-of-life care
• Understand the policies and restrictions of palliative and end-of-life care and the significance of a predictive treatment plan and the living will in the context of treating a patient
• Understand the key service chains and levels of treatment in palliative and end-of-life care
• Know how to assess the individual needs of different patient groups in palliative care and how to apply their skills in practical work
• Understand the significance of developing professional skills in palliative care
• Know how to support the functional capacity of patients and understand the significance of rehabilitation methods in palliative care

Contents
• Key concepts of palliative and end-of-life care
• Legislation and recommendations concerning palliative and end-of-life care
• Ethical and legal perspectives
• Euthanasia as a phenomenon
• Service levels and service chains of palliative care
• End-of-life care at home
• The role of the public/private/third sector and volunteers in palliative care
• Treatment policies and restrictions, predictive treatment plan, treatment negotiation, living will
• Functional capacity support and rehabilitation methods in palliative care
• Different patient groups in palliative and end-of-life care