Which doctors should “own” end-of-life planning?
Channel News Asia
The duty to guide patients through the end-of-life decision-making process rests squarely upon primary care providers, writes one internist in The New England Journal of Medicine, maintaining that her colleagues should better support seriously ill patients earlier and throughout the course of disease.
NHPCO forms new council to address underutilization of hospice care in diverse populations
US – News Medical
As Americans celebrate Black History Month, hospice professionals acknowledge that hospice utilization within African American communities is disproportionately low.
DNR status and palliative care underuse negatively affect bleeding stroke patients
US – American Heart Association blog
Do-not-resuscitate status and the under use of palliative care negatively impact best care practices in patients who survive nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding within the brain), according to two studies presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2015.
Cancer Patients And Doctors Struggle To Predict Survival
US –npr shots
Anxiety makes it difficult to remember details – and the worse the prognosis, the less the patient tends to remember. Recent studies have found that cancer patients retain less than half of what their doctors tell them.
If You Have Dementia, Can You Hasten Death As You Wished?
US – npr shots
If you make a choice to hasten your own death, it can actually be pretty simple: Don’t eat or drink for a week. But if you have Alzheimer’s disease, acting on even that straightforward choice can become ethically and legally fraught.
Better end-of-life care for Australians from all walks of life
Australia – Transforming the Nation’s Healthcare
Aged care facilities across Australia will receive Federal Government funding to form collaborative links with palliative services to cater for our ageing and diverse population.
California cancer patient sues for right to doctor-assisted death
US – Reuters
A 53-year-old California woman suffering from leukemia sued the state’s attorney general and San Francisco’s top prosecutor on Wednesday seeking the right for physicians to aid the terminally ill in taking their own lives.
Equipment library would help ill and the elderly
New Zealand – Health Canal
A University of Canterbury student has come up with a novel library-style scheme to help sustain quality of life for people who are disabled, ill or need end-of-life care.
Atul Gawande on why doctors often fail their dying patients
US – The Washington Post
Atul Gawande brought his-best selling book on end-of-life care, “Being Mortal,” to the small screen Tuesday night in an hour-long documentary providing a deeply intimate look at patients in their final days, their families, and the doctors wrestling with patients’ expectations — as well as their own.
Great Ormond Street Hospital testimonial
UK – Little Stars TV
Testimonial from Liz Crighton, Practice Educator Paediatric Palliative Care Foundation Programme Project, The Louis Dundas Centre
Ten facts about childhood cancer everyone should know
ehospice International children’s edition
Sunday 15 February is International Childhood Cancer Day. In acknowledgement, ICPCN has drawn up a list of ten disturbing facts about childhood cancer that everyone should know.
Paediatric palliative care warrants greater focus in Australia
ehospice Australia
The state of paediatric palliative care in Australia was up for discussion at a function in Parliament House Canberra this week.
PBS’ FRONTLINE “Being Mortal” available online
ehospice USA
“Being Mortal” a powerful episode from the PBS series FRONTLINE was broadcast on February 10, 2015 and is available on the PBS website.
New spiritual care resource for Veterans, service members and military families
ehospice USA
HealthCare Chaplaincy Network introduces a national service addressing the spiritual needs of Veterans, current service members, and military families.
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