Award for Professor Sushma Bhatnagar from India
IAHPC newsletter
Professor Sushma Bhatnagar from India has been awarded the Annual Award for Excellence & Leadership in Palliative Care for citizens of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.
Assisted suicide moves closer as government allows free vote
UK – The Telegraph
The UK Government has said it will allow MPs a free vote on legislation to introduce assisted suicide in the UK.
Patients/carers urged to share experiences of palliative care
Irish Examiner
The all-Ireland Let’s Talk About survey, being conducted by the All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, asks people in Ireland with illnesses that may not be cured to share their experiences, both good and bad.
A terminal state of affairs
The Indian Express
With the highest incidence of cancer in India, Aizawl district is held hostage by a silent killer that is crippling not only the city, but the entire state.
Compassion requires medical community to offer perinatal hospice
US- The Washington Times
“Parents who have just received the devastating news that their child has a significantly life-limiting condition are left floundering with no real options,” writes Mailee Smith.
Ian Maddocks – a conversation with the world’s first professor of palliative care
Australia- ABC Local – podcast
Interview with Ian Maddocks, who was instrumental in reforming practices around caring for people with terminal illness.
Four things everyone should know about end of life planning
KevinMD
Anjali Dogra, anesthesia, pulmonary and critical care fellow, on the four things everyone should know to be better prepared.
HPCA Conference 2014 – Call for abstracts
ehospice South Africa
The Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) is now accepting abstracts to be considered for the HPCA 2014 conference.
A comparison of the nurse work environment between perinatal and non-perinatal hospice providers
ehospice USA
Perinatal death is one of the most difficult and complicated issue to discuss in hospice care today. Parents faced with confronting perinatal death are forced into a rigorous and challenging emotional and mental roller crucible.
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