World hospice and palliative care news roundup – 25 January 2016

Categories: In The Media.

US end-of-life care receives good marks but is still pricey

US – The Inquirer

The United States compares well to six other developed nations on some measures of end-of-life care, such as the percentage of patients who die in the hospital, but we’re still on the pricey side, according to the first international comparison of its kind.

Hospice UK responds to PACAC report on charity fundraising

UK – Hospice UK

Today the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC) publishes the findings of its enquiry into fundraising practices in the charitable sector entitled: The 2015 charity fundraising controversy: lessons for trustees, the Charity Commission and regulators.

Popular actor and ICPCN Global Ambassador visits children and families in California

ehospice International Children’s edition

Popular Latin American actor, Roberto Manrique, recently named as a Global Ambassador for ICPCN, spent time while on holiday in California visiting children and their families in order to gain a greater understanding of children’s palliative care.

New paediatric pain, palliative and integrative medicine clinic opens in Minnesota

ehospice International Children’s edition

Minnesota Medicine, a regional medical journal recently published an interesting article about the new Kiran Stordalen and Horst Rechelbacher Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Clinic at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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