PCAU is organizing the 6th Biannual National Palliative Care Conference on 27th -28th August 2015
Palliative Care Uganda
The conference will bring together 400 local and international participants who include palliative care stakeholders, palliative care trained health personnel (PC trained nurses and clinical officers who spear head palliative care services in the districts of Uganda) to celebrate successes, share practical experiences in PC services provision and lessons learnt which will contribute to further scale up and development of palliative care in Uganda.
Policy and advocacy at the IAHPC
IAHPC Newsletter
Katherine Pettus, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Association (IAHPC) Advocacy Officer, reveals some of our key advocacy moments of the past two months.
IAHPC Newsletter
As in previous years, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care was the proud sponsor of the Best Poster Award series of the International Palliative Care Network’s 2014 Conference. The Association has published contributions from this year’s first and second prizewinners.
IAHPC Newsletter
Eduardo Mutto received an IAHPC Traveling Scholarship to train with Dr Carlos Centeno at the Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Eduardo’s visit servedas part of the preparation for his PhD thesis, which he explains in this article.
First-ever IAPC Leadership Workshop in Palliative Care in India
IAHPC Newsletter
Dr Anjum S. Khan Joad, Course Director of the Leadership Workshop, Jaipur, India, reports on the first-ever IAPC Leadership Workshop in Palliative Care in India.
New ‘palliative care in primary care’ project launches in Brazil – Estar ao Seu Lado
IAHPC Newsletter
Dr Santiago Rodríguez Corrêa, a family physician, and Carla Mazuko, a nurse, are both passionate about palliative care. Here, they describe a new initiative to help primary care teams to offer better care to people with palliative care needs.
Dr Nandini Vallath receives 2015 Palliative Care Award
IAHPC Newsletter
Professor Sushma Bhatnagar, Editor of the Indian Journal of Palliative Care and Head of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, and a board member of the IAHPC, writes about receiving the award.
Hospis Malaysia Workshop on Communication Skills
APHPCN
Communication skills can be learnt and this workshop deals with the mechanics of communication that ranges from issues, techniques and practical sessions when dealing with patients with life-limiting illness and their families. Doctors and nurses will benefit most from this workshop as the most difficult areas are encountered during clinical consultations.
King’s College London
On the 5th and 6th of February, the Cicely Saunders Institute hosted their annual two-day workshop on Outcome measures in palliative care: Using the Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) family of measures. The event attracted even more delegates across both days, selling out places with over 100 in attendance on each day.
MDs urged to write the rules on assisted death
Canada – CBC Radio
When the Supreme Court overturned the ban on physician-assisted dying earlier this year, they didn’t check with doctors first. A commentary just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says it’s important for physicians to speak up now.
Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in Oncology
The ASCO Post
ASCO collaborated with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine to develop the Virtual Learning Collaborative, a virtual quality improvement program intended to address the complex care needs of patients with advanced cancer and the care quality for all patients with malignancies.
11th Palliative Care Congress – call for bursary abstracts now open
ehospice UK
For those wishing to apply for a bursary to attend the 11th Palliative Care Congress next year, abstract submission is now open.
Thriving with Thalassemia Major – Taabish’s story
ehospice International children’s edition
The latest Little Stars film looks at the value of palliative care for children with chronic conditions such as Taabish and his sister from Mumbai in India.
Japan’s 1st community-supported hospice for children to open in Osaka
ehospice International children’s edition
Plans are going ahead to build the first community-supported hospice for children in Osaka, Japan with support from Uniqlo and The Nippon Foundation.
ehospice USA
There are many misconceptions about care provided at the end of life. The Medicare hospice benefit is an important option that those facing a life-limiting illness should consider.
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