Communication and Care Coordination for the Palliative Care Team

This text aims to help create and maintain palliative care teams that are constantly evolving. It addresses aspects of teamwork, leadership, meetings, organisational culture and self- and team care through a combination of empirical data and real-life feedback from healthcare professionals in palliative care practice. Focusing on the individual professional in relation to health and team success, this text shows how to create high quality, high performance palliative care teams. This text is ideal for students and working professionals, and will be useful at any stage of career or team development. It explores the types of providers involved in palliative care, their roles, possible conflicts and the opportunity to strengthen their work as a team, while overcoming the stigma that can be associated with palliative care. This book focuses on the fundamental role of communication in leadership, team building and the delivery of patient care.