Updated ASCO Guidelines Stress Early Start to Palliative Care
US – MedScape News
The time to start palliative care is as soon as a patient’s cancer becomes advanced, emphasize the authors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Clinical Practice Guideline Update.
US – The Atlantic
A new theory is challenging the way psychologists understand mourning.
Edinburgh hospice nurse urges people to consider their ‘digital death’
UK – NEN Press
A nurse from St Columba’s Hospice is today presenting information on how to have a ‘digital death’, at the national conference for health and social care practitioners working in end-of-life care.
Hospices ‘threatened’ by funding cuts, says national body
UK – BBC News
Three out of every five hospices have suffered a cut or freeze in funding during the last financial year, according to the UK’s national charity for hospice care.
Brain Tumours in Children Toolkit available online
ehospice International Children’s edition
A toolkit has been created to bring together a range of reliable and user-friendly resources for clinicians related to brain tumours in children.
Nursing home residents create sympathy card
ehospice Ireland
Residents at a nursing home have created a sympathy card for the bereaved as part of a project to strengthen end-of-life care.
Men don’t talk; men don’t go to the doc!
ehospice South Africa
How did it start? How did I discover it? The question which men ask me most frequently is “How did you notice it?”
Pets, peace of mind, & the end of life
ehospice USA
For pet owners, their four-footed companions are not merely animals — they are family members who offer unequivocal love, often when it’s needed the most.
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