Let's Talk About Paediatric Palliative Care

Let's Talk About Paediatric Palliative Care

From Let's Talk About SACT by BOPA, British oncology pharmacy association

June 8, 2025 · 47 min · Episode 40

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Bhumik Patel about the role of a paediatric palliative care pharmacist and the complexities involved in managing care for young patients.

In this episode we are joined by Bhumik Patel. We discuss what a paediatric palliative care pharmacist does, common symptoms experienced by patients in paediatric palliative care, managing complex polypharmacy in the very young, challenges around unlicensed and off label medication use and much more.

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Guest: Bhumik Patel

Topics covered

  • paediatric palliative care
  • pharmacy
  • polypharmacy
  • medication management
  • symptom management

Keywords

  • paediatric palliative care
  • pharmacist
  • polypharmacy
  • unlicensed medication
  • off label medication
  • symptoms
  • patient care

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