World media roundup – 16 January 2014

Categories: In The Media.

Award-winning team to begin editing new documentary

Digital Journal

After returning from Sub-Saharan Africa with more than 60 hours of footage, editing has begun on the short documentary ‘Road to Hope’, according to Mike Wargo, COO of the Hospice Foundation, which is producing the film.

Should the sick be given help to die?

Germany- The Local

While the German government looks at a blanket ban on assisted suicide, there remain dedicated groups who help seriously ill people end their lives. The Local takes a closer look at the practice.

They care, because they understand

The New Indian Express

Article about a palliative care unit in Koyilandi, Kerala, called Nest – Need, Effort, Salvation and Tame.

My visit to Mappa Mondo in The Netherlands

ehospice Intrnational children’s edition

Maraliza de Haan, an independent international palliative care consultant, writes about her visit to Mappa Mondo, an organisation with three separate in-patient units or homes, providing quality palliative care to children in The Netherlands.

Spiritual Care – more than you think

ehospice Australia

There is much talk now about providing spiritual care as part of holistic, person centred care in healthcare settings such as the home, community, hospital, hospice or aged care residential facility.

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