How long have I got? The response influences quality of end of life care
US – Medical Xpress
The way in which bad news is communicated to patients at the end of their lives influences their quality of care. Researchers at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work are examining the perceptions and preferences of older Latinos with advanced cancer one of the fastest growing segments in the aging population about receiving news on their diagnosis or prognosis.
Canada – Lion’s Roar
BJ Miller was a sophomore at Princeton in the 1990s when a youthful prank almost killed him. He climbed onto the roof of a parked electric train car, where 11,000 volts of electricity jolted through his body. He lost both of his legs below the knee and his left forearm.
US – Huffington Post
It was over 90 years ago that Dr Francis Peabody at Harvard Medical School illuminated for physicians then and to today what we best need to do. He said, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.
Assisted suicide – a counsel of despair
US – National Life to Right News
The Age newspaper reports barely a week before the Victorian Parliament’s Report into ‘end-of-life’ choices that it expects the committee to recommend some form of legislative change. A form of assisted suicide is widely rumoured.
ehospice South Africa
Umduduzi treats children as people, not just as patients, and seeks to ensure that children with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions receive the best possible care and comfort.
Just 5% of terminally ill cancer patients understood their prognosis, researchers say
ehospice USA
Too many advanced cancer patients lack basic understanding about their disease, researchers report.
Award-winning actress Rebecca Front visits Richard House Children’s Hospice
ehospice international children’s edition
BAFTA award winning English comedy actress, Rebecca Front, recently visited Richard House Children’s Hospice.
MP presents legislation aimed at national palliative care standards
ehospice Canada
Access to proper palliative care is essential for a person’s decision about physician-assisted death, MP Marilyn Gladu said Monday as she introduced legislation towards creating Canada-wide palliative care standards.
ehospice Kenya
‘Winnie’ (not her real name) a 56 old lady, was admitted to our institution with broken legs following a tragic road accident. The right leg was severely crushed and needed amputation. Palliative care and counselling sessions were integrated as part of the management at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital- Nakuru.
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