Palliative care

Last updated: Monday, April 28, 2025

This tutorial is aimed at foundation level pharmacists. Click here to start or you can look at an individual section via the links below:

• Introduction (and learning outcomes)

• The WHO pain ladder

• Opioids for pain

• Nausea and vomiting

• Other symptoms

• Syringe drivers

Your practice: 

• Learning exercises

• Questions to ask

• Information sources

• Next steps in learning...

You can download a PDF version of this whole tutorial (it doesn't include the Learning exercises).