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How to provide best practice in Palliative & End-Of-Life Care
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Watch this insightful discussion on the role of palliative care in modern healthcare and how it serves as an essential, additional layer of support for patients facing serious illnesses such as advanced cancer, end-stage organ failure, or neurodegenerative diseases. This session will explore the four core ethical principles that guide healthcare decisions: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice; and how they relate to the integration of palliative care at the primary care level.
You will learn to:
- Understand the Role of Palliative Care: Explain how palliative care provides an essential layer of support for patients with serious illnesses, including advanced cancer, end-stage organ failure, and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Apply Ethical Principles in Palliative Care: Analyse the four core ethical principles—autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice—and their relevance in guiding healthcare decisions within palliative care.
- Integrate Palliative Care into Primary Healthcare: Explore strategies for incorporating palliative care at the primary care level to enhance patient-centred support and improve quality of life.
Dr Margie Venter
MBChB, MMed(Rad Onc), PG Dip Palliative Medicine
Dr. Margie Venter is a trained Clinical Oncologist and Palliative Medicine Specialist. After more than a decade in oncology, she now dedicates her clinical time entirely to Palliative Medicine. She completed her postgraduate training in Palliative Medicine at UCT in 2016 and an advanced Palliative Medicine training course at Harvard Medical School in 2018/2019. As part of her clinical work, she runs a small private palliative care network based in Stellenbosch, providing care for patients in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and at home. She also serves as a board member and clinical volunteer at Stellenbosch Hospice. She is a part-time lecturer at UCT for the postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine. Additionally, she is the co-founder and current Clinical Director of PALPRAC, the Association of Palliative Care Practitioners of South Africa, established in 2018. She has a special interest in serious illness communication and is passionate about finding innovative solutions to expand palliative care access through health systems change and provider support.
