Principles and Practice of Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Overview

Develop the concepts and definitions of palliative and end of life care that you need to provide the best service in your career as a health professional and gain an understanding of the nature and relief of suffering from physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual perspectives.

In this module, you will explore current policy development in palliative and end of life care both locally and nationally and current legal, ethical and professional issues in palliative and end of life care. You will be given the tools to acknowledge the physical and psychological responses to loss and bereavement, as well as the decision making and techniques to sensitively and thoughtfully converse with patients of all ages on topics including end of life decisions.

The module will also address the common core principles for holistic palliative and end of life care through effective holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients in a variety of practice settings.

Academic credits
20
Delivery method
On campus
Location
Centre for Health Innovation Stafford
Duration

6 weeks

Start date

Every Monday for 5 weeks commencing 12 January 2026

Final session Monday 9 March 2026

School
Health, Science and Wellbeing

Entry requirements

Applicants should hold registration with the NMC, HCPC working within the Health and Social Care sector.

Fees

£1,015

Staff

Barbara Edwards

Senior Lecturer

Barbara is an adult nurse who has worked in various specialist areas since qualifying. Her background is chronic respiratory disease management and end of life care. She has worked as a clinical nurse specialist in cancer and palliative care roles.

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Karen Adams

Course Director

Professor Wilfred Mcsherry

Professor

Wilf is a Professor of Nursing and an active researcher in delivery patient centered care. His main area of interest is how we can prepare nurses, midwives and healthcare professional to be confident and competent in this dimension of care.

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