For GPs

• Introduction
• Advance Care Planning
• Specialist Palliative Care
• Symptom Management
• Care of the Dying Patient
• Education

The Conversation Project

The Conversation Project was developed in the RUH to support conversations health care professionals have with patients, family and carers about their care in recognition of the potential for future deterioration. The Conversation Project supports Advance Care Planning (ACP).

The Conversation Project promotes conversations between healthcare professionals, patients and their families at this time of uncertainty. It focuses on the need to document clearly these conversations that have taken place and the decisions made and ensure that this information is transferred when the patient is discharged. In this way it facilitates Advance Care Planning.

The Conversation Project provides a framework for ACP through the CHAT bundle:

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