Last Few Days of Life course

This session covers the last few days of a child/young person's life including the diagnosis of 'dying', the emotions experienced by families, symptoms, planning and care.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the difficulty in diagnosing dying
• Explain the emotional rollercoaster often experienced by families
• State and plan for the preferred place for end of life care
• Define a 'good death'
• State the symptoms that occur towards the end of life

This session on the last few days of life considers the difficulty in diagnosing 'dying', the 'emotional rollercoaster' experienced by patients and families and the symptoms experienced by dying patients. It also looks at end of life planning and care in the last few days of life.