World media roundup – 1 August 2014

Categories: In The Media.

DENOSA supports call for palliative care nurses to be given powers to prescribe morphine

South Africa – all Africa

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) has pledged its full support to calls by the Alliance for Access to Palliative Care for the country’s nursing regulatory body to provide rights to nurses in palliative care to prescribe morphine.

Wine bar for terminally ill patients

France – Wine searcher

A palliative care centre in central France will be opening a wine bar for patients and their families.

Circle of Life Awards presented

US – NHPCO

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the National Hospice Foundation have presented the 2014 Circle of Life Awards, celebrating innovation in end of life care and highlighting programs that demonstrate superior vision, depth, and scope.

Palliative care integration and expertise are pressing goals for oncologists

Cancer Therapy Advisor

Early palliative care interventions can substantially improve cancer and cancer treatment-associated effects to the quality of life and psychological well-being of patients and family members.

Medicare rates could be adjusted for start and end of hospice care episodes, CMS report suggests

McKnight’s

Medicare payments could be adjusted to reflect how hospice services tend to be more intensive at the beginning and end, according to findings recently published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Information Products & Data Analytics.

The Brompton Cocktail: 19th century origins to 20th century demise

End of life studies blog

Article by Professor David Clark on the story of the rise and demise of the Brompton Cocktail.

French families challenge doctors on wrenching end of life decisions

New York Times

Doctors in France have long held what, by American standards, might seem unthinkable discretion to make end of life choices for people in their care.

My palliative care story made it to Capitol Hill

Courageous Parents Network

On 23 July 2014 Michelle joined a group of 60 advocates representing 23 different organisations on Capital Hill to advocate for palliative care.

The birth of Eldoret Hospice

ehospice Kenya

Sister Rose Abira came across a discharged cervical cancer patient writhing in pain and no signs of future support and took a step that saw the birth of Eldoret Hospice.

Traditional healers vs technology: you are never too old to learn

ehospice South Africa

Eric Watlington writes for ehospice about training traditional healers on an SMS system launched earlier this year to help access information on palliative care through a cellphone.

Death on the Fringe

ehospice UK

This evening see the official launch of ‘Death on the Fringe’, a series of shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that look at death and dying from different perspectives.

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