Summary Digest for Palliative Care Professionals: December 2025

Categories: Education and Research.

December is a time to pause and reflect on the journey we have shared in 2025. You might have saved some of our digests or articles for later, simply because there wasn’t enough time or energy during the year. That’s why we’ve put together a year-end digest for you:

It compiles all the recommended materials from 2025, neatly organised by topic for your convenience. Happy holidays, dear friends! Thank you for staying with us and sharing PACED’s values. May the coming year bring you more strength, warmth, and professional inspiration.

Topics covered in 2025:
Sex and Gender in Palliative Care
Assisted Suicide and Access to Palliative Care
Advance Care Planning
Belief
Paediatric and Perinatal Palliative Care
Clinical Palliative Care for Particular Conditions
Latest Technologies
Work of Multidisciplinary Teams
Volunteers and the Community
Systematic Approach
International Experience

If you would like to explore any of the topics below in the form of a discussion or webinar, please feel free to contact us at info@paced.org.uk.

 

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Sex and Gender in Palliative Care
Fathers: Forgotten Parents in Healthcare Settings
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Breast Cancer—Not a ‘Manly’ Disease?
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At the Origins and at the Helm — Towards Equity
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Essential Package of Palliative Care for Women in Low-Resource Environments
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A Culturally Competent Approach to Palliative Care
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Patient Age and Gender: A Systematic Review
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Assisted Suicide and Access to Palliative Care
Legalising Assisted Suicide Without Strong Palliative Care? A Risky Move
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Five Palliative Care Priorities for 2025
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Legalising Assisted Dying in the UK: A Right to Choose or an Illusion?
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Advance Care Planning
Is Advance Care Planning Too Much for Teens?
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How Advance Care Planning Affects the Mental Health of Bereaved Families: A Systematic Review
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Advance Care Planning as a Solution to the Vicious Cycle
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Belief
One’s Good Death Is Another’s Death Itself
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Faith as a Coping Mechanism
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Rescue Fantasy as a Source of Meaning
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Paediatric and Perinatal Palliative Care
‘Expecting’. Perinatal Palliative Care
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Guidance on Sleep Problems in Paediatric Palliative Care
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Never Too Early for Palliative Care in Paediatric Oncology
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Using Communication Tools to Explore Young Siblings’ Experiences of Having a Brother or Sister with Pediatric Palliative Care Needs
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SaludConectaMX: Lessons Learned from Deploying a Cooperative Mobile Health System for Pediatric Cancer Care in Mexico
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The Role of Physiotherapy in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic Review
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What Do Children Want? Rethinking the Approach to Paediatric Palliative Care
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Key Issues in Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care
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Clinical Palliative Care for Particular Conditions
Palliative Care and Heart Failure
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Palliative Care and Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Palliative Care Pathways for ALS Patients
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Integration of Palliative Care Into Neurology
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International Consensus Guidelines on Dystonia in Paediatric Palliative Care
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International Consensus Guidance on Managing Dystonia
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Improving Palliative Care for People Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Latest Technologies
Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care: The Future is Almost Here
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Nurses’ Perspectives on Smart Technologies
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Healthcare Personnel’s Perspectives on Health Technology in Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care: a Qualitative Study
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Sensors for Fall and Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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Nurses as a Guide for Artificial Intelligence
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Work of Multidisciplinary Teams
Eavesdropping on Decision-Making: How Multidisciplinary Teams Make Prognoses-Based Choices
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Breaking Barriers to Palliative Care
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Primary Mental Health Competencies for Palliative Care Physicians
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Case Report on Yoga in Palliative Care
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Volunteers and the Community
Hospice Nurse Julie on the Role of Volunteers in Hospice Care
Watch
Volunteers at the End of Life: The Experiences in Five European Countries
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Hospice Volunteers and Their Four-Legged Companions
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Engaging Volunteers to Broaden Access to Palliative Care Rehabilitation
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Loose Ends Project—So Simple and Incredibly Helpful
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Systematic Approach
Palliative Care for Individuals and Healthcare Systems
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Caring for the Caregivers
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Scientific Insights for Systematic Change
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Art as Advocacy: How an Exhibition on End-of-Life Poverty Influenced Public and Political Dialogue
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Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Too Little or Too Late
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International Experience
WHPCA Practices for National Palliative Care Associations
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Five Years of Systematic Effort by the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association
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Coalition Approach to Enhancing Palliative Care: The Example of Canada
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Looking Ahead at the Indian Model of Palliative Care
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Video lecture by Dr. Robert Twycross on Palliative Care
Watch
Finding Hospice Futures: A Journey in Four Parts
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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This article was published on the PACED website and is republished here with  permission.

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