## Getting Started

### Getting Started: Guidelines and Suggestions
for those Starting a Hospice / Palliative Care Service 2nd Edition

### Table of Contents

Section | Page
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Introduction | 4
What is Palliative Care? | 5
Principles of Palliative Care | 6
Management of a new hospice or palliative care service | 7
A Hospital Palliative Care Unit (HPCU) | 8
Hospital Palliative Care Team (HPCT) | 9
Free Standing Inpatient Unit / Hospice | 10
Hospice / Palliative Care Day Care Unit | 11
Community Palliative Care Services (CPCS) | 12
Pre Service Orientation and Training | 13
Professional Education and Training | 14
Hospice / Palliative Care Volunteers | 15
Communicating with Patients, Public, Professionals, Press and Politicians | 16
Documentation: Patients clinical records and other essential documents | 17
Appendix | 17
The Final Preparations | 18
Sources of Useful Information | 19
Recommended Reading | 20
Recommended Journals | 21