Common Symptoms in Palliative Care-Non-specific, Respiratory and Skin Symptoms course for GPs
Symptom control is vitally important in palliative care. This session aims to provide an overview of how to manage symptoms of debility and also common respiratory and skin symptoms encountered in the palliative care setting.
This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in December 2021.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- describe the principles of control of non-specific, respiratory, and skin symptoms in the palliative care situation
- recognise the common respiratory and skin symptoms encountered
- differentiate between debility and depression
- manage these symptoms in patients who are terminally ill
The problems arising in palliative care are a complex mix of physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors involving both patients and carers.
Chantal is a working GP at The Banks and Bearwood Medical Practices in Bournemouth and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has formal academic training with an MSc from Southampton University in Research in Health and a PhD exploring the effects of community support on the psychological health of informal carers.
Chantal has been involved with education since 1999 when she became the lead author and founder editor of the Oxford Handbook of General Practice, which is now in its fifth edition. In 2007 she founded the Royal College of General Practitioner's educational journal, InnovAiT, which she edited until 2017.
Chantal is also currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Westminster Centre for Resilience involved in research and educational activities promoting the wellbeing of healthcare professionals.
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