Principles of Palliative Medicine with Dr Dilini Rajapakse (Part 2)

Join us as we talk to paediatric palliative medicine consultant Dr Dilini Rajapakse about two major principles in the specialty - symptom management and advanced care planning. In part 1 we covered what paediatric palliative medicine is, and explored overviews of advanced care planning and symptom management. In today's second part we focus in on some of the symptoms managed by the palliative care team.

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Resources mentioned:

Together for Short Lives: https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/

RCPCH: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/topic/palliative-care

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