PCC4U - Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates

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Arts & literature

This section contains links to current literature, fiction and non-fiction.

Fiction
Death & Dying

The Household Guide to Dying
The Household Guide to Dying
Deborah Adelaide
Picador Australia

The Spare Room
The Spare Room
Helen Garner
Text Publishing


Non-fiction
Death & Dying - Autobiobraphies & Biographies 


Tuesdays with Morrie:
An Old Man, A Young Man,
and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom Hodder


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
Jean-Dominique Bauby.
Vintage publishers


A Very Easy Death
Simone de Beauvoir
Pantheon


The Four Things That Matter Most:
A Book About Living
Ira Byock


Final Acts: death, dying and the choices we make
Nan Bauer-Maglin, Donna Perry


The last lecture: lesson in living
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hodder General Publishing Division 2010

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For students: these evidence-based learning modules include case studies, video vignettes and current references to support the achievement of the graduate capabilities in palliative care.

For academics and clinicians: this teaching and learning hub contains a compilation of resources to support use of the PCC4U materials and the inclusion of palliative care in health curricula.