Health professionals involved in palliative care can face stress and compassion fatigue from working with the dying and their families. They work in a complex healthcare area requiring an understanding of many different medical fields and academic disciplines which can add to the complexity of their professional practice.

These pages address some of the factors involved with professional practice in palliative care. Additional pages will be added over time.

This page was  created on 9 May 2008
Last updated 26 May 2008