Who we are

BC Centre for Palliative Care is a provincial non-profit organization established by the Ministry of Health to accelerate the spread of innovations and best practices in palliative care in British Columbia.

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What is Palliative Care?

“Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual“ – World Health Organization definition.

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What we do

• Provide palliative care education for health care professionals
• Work with our health system partners to advance palliative care practices
• Support community-based organizations to provide emotional, social, practical, and spiritual supports closer to home 
• Develop user-friendly and culturally appropriate informational materials for British Columbians 
• Adapt, evaluate, and spread innovations and evidence-based interventions 

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We do not do this alone

We work with partners in the health system and community along with researchers and policy makers. Together we strive to help British Columbians affected by a serious or life limiting illness to have the best possible quality of life and to get quality care aligned with their wishes.

• Learn more here about our valued partners and how we work with them
• Read about some of our projects with key partners across the province and beyond. 
• Contact us at office@bc-cpc.ca, if you have an idea for a partnership project with us. We would love to discuss it with you.

Governance 

BC Centre of Palliative Care is located within the governance structure of the Institute for Health System Transformation & Sustainability (IHSTS) and is supported by its Board of Directors.

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