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What is POS
 
The Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) is a tool to measure patients' physical symptoms, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs, and provision of information and support at the end of life.
 
POS is a validated instrument that can be used in clinical care, audit, research and training. It is widely used internationally, including in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and America.
 
POS can be downloaded from this website and is available in 12 languages including English.
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Research shows access to free tools is important in palliative care. You will have free access to POS, POS-S resources and be kept up to date with POS developments and opportunities after you register.
 
 
Get involved
 
Contact us to get involved and join our global community of POS users.
  
The Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) is a resource for palliative care practice, teaching and research. This website has been established by a not-for-profit organisation to help advance measurement in palliative care. Free resources and training are available.
 
News and Events
 
More than 1250 registered users on POS website since it was launched in May 2011.
 
POS website highly reviewed (link in Italian).
 
POS training November 2012: register your interest emma.m.bennett@kcl.ac.uk - more details soon.
 
 Meet the POS team at the 7th EAPC congress 7-9 June 2012 in Norway.
 
 
National developments in Wales means that I-POS is used routinely throughout the nation.
 
Brazilian POS validated version coming soon / A versão do POS em Português (Brasileiro) será disponibilizada em breve neste site.
 
Bulgarian POS validated version coming soon / Българският превод на POS - Измерване на резултатите от провежданите палиативни грижи - се подготвя и ще бъде на ваше разположение скоро.
 
Guidelines on cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the POS coming soon.
 
POS and STAS which questions are most useful? Higginson et al 2012.
 
Outcomes out of Africa Downing et al 2012.
 
Implementing PROM's in palliative care Bausewein et al 2011.
 
POS training 2011 was a success! Thank you to all participants and speakers.
 
The programmes for the November 2011 training days are available on the courses and workshops page or using the following links. POS clinicians’ training day 14/11/2011 and POS researchers’ training day 15/11/2011 (open in new windows).
 
EAPC Taskforce on patient-reported outcome measurement in palliative care launched May 2011.
 
PRISMA-MoreCARE joint summit on outcome measurement - May 2011.
 
POS website launch at the 12th EAPC congress May 2011.