Salone joins other countries to celebrate World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
Sierra Leone- The Torchlight
The Shepherd’s Hospice, Sierra Leone, joined other countries around the world to celebrate World Hospice and Palliative Care Day at their head quarters in Allen Town, Freetown.
Celebrating of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
Cayman Islands- Cayman 27
Cayman HospiceCare organise a free concert every two years in celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, to raise awareness of hospice care and celebrate life through music and art.
Malaysia’s mobile clinics provide home care for elderly
Malaysia- BBC news
Article about Love on Wheels, a mobile health service which provides home care to elderly patients.
Cancer costing European Union countries ‘billions’
International- BBC News
Cancer costs countries in the European Union £107 billion a year, according to the first EU-wide analysis of the economic impact of the disease.
Testing the limits of ‘terminal’
US- The New York Times blog
Opinion piece on the problems defining whether a patient is ‘terminal’.
Preparing for the end: ‘death cafe’ brings people together to talk about dying
Us- ABC News
A Saturday afternoon spent in an inner-city cafe talking about dying may not be a common pastime, but that is exactly what happened on the weekend in Brisbane.
Still a long way to go in paediatric palliative care
ehospice Australia
With over 20 year’s experience in paediatric palliative care, UK based researcher and post-doctoral fellow Duncan Randall has set up camp at the University of Western Sydney to help further understand what can be done for children receiving palliative care.
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