Palliative care

This course requires knowledge of Swedish. Swedish is the language of instruction. For more information, see the Swedish version of this page.

Apply for Palliative care, 7.5 Credits

Specific eligibility

A Bachelor's degree or a professional degree of at least 120 credits in healthcare. Or a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. In addition, you need Swedish 3/Swedish level 3 and English 6/English level 2 with a minimum grade of Pass/E.

Selection

The selection is based on academic credits (30-285).

Apply for Autumn 2026

Palliative care

Palliativ vård

Essential data

Course code: 2QA331
Course name: Palliative care
Credits: 7.5
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Nursing
Level: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decided by: Utbildningsnämnden NVS
Decision date: 2026-03-11
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2026

Specific entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree or a professional degree of at least 120 credits in healthcare. Or a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. In addition, you need Swedish 3/Swedish level 3 and English 6/English level 2 with a minimum grade of Pass/E.

Literature and other teaching aids

  • Palliativ vård: begrepp och perspektiv i teori och praktik, Andershed, Birgitta; Ternestedt, Britt-Marie, Andra upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2020] - 555 sidor ISBN: 9789144131078, LIBRIS-ID: fsj9k2t3cwhr3vjq,
  • Benkel, Inger; Molander, Ulla; Wijk, Helle, Palliativ vård: ur ett tvärprofessionellt perspektiv, 1. uppl. : Stockholm : Liber, 2016 - 199 s. ISBN: 9789147112388, LIBRIS-ID: 19510657,
  • Axelsson, Bertil, Palliativ medicin i praktiken, Andra upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2023] - 302 sidor ISBN: 9789144166698, LIBRIS-ID: zg3c3nd8wk4j1fxz,
  • Palliativ medicin och vård, Strang, Peter; Beck-Friis, Barbro, 4., rev. uppl. : Stockholm : Liber, 2012 - 432 s. ISBN: 978-91-47-10538-0 (inb.), LIBRIS-ID: 12744908,
  • De 6 s:n: en modell för personcentrerad palliativ vård, Österlind, Jane; Henoch, Ingela; Ternestedt, Britt-Marie; Holmberg, Bodil; Schenell, Ramona; Andershed, Birgitta, Tredje upplagan, [omarbetad upplaga] : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2022] - 261 sidor ISBN: 9789144151601, LIBRIS-ID: 9qk86m9k78ch1d90,
  • Personcentrerad omvårdnad - i teori och praktik, Edvardsson, David; Backman, Annica, 2 uppl. : Studentlitteratur AB, 2020 - 216 sidor ISBN: 9789144090986, LIBRIS-ID: 6jqrdtc94nlt8mmw,
  • Erlandsson, Lena-Karin; Nilsson, Maria, Arbetsterapi inom palliativ vård: vardagen och döden, Upplaga 1 : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2024] - 117 sidor ISBN: 9789144177434, LIBRIS-ID: s9p9f4rpq40kq8qk,
  • Sundelöf, Johan; Tegman, Petra, Palliativ vård vid demenssjukdom, Andra upplagan : Stockholm : Gothia kompetens, [2022] - 207 sidor ISBN: 9789177413400, LIBRIS-ID: jzr8850qgn8290xq,
  • Fossum (red.), I.B., Kommunikation. Samtal och bemötande i vården, Stockholm: Studentlitteratur, 2019
  • God palliativ vård: etiska och filosofiska aspekter, Sandman, Lars; Woods, Simon, Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2003 - 221 s. ISBN: 91-44-02133-X, LIBRIS-ID: 8904256,
  • Palliativ vård - Nationellt vårdprogram, Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, 2021 Palliativ vård - Nationellt vårdprogram, Palliativ vård -Nationellt vårdprogram Version: 3.4 Regionala cancercentrum i samverkan 2021 -206 sidor.,