Marion Coutts: ‘There is going to be a destruction… the obliteration of a person’
UK – The Guardian
In 2008 art critic, Tom Lubbock, was diagnosed with a brain tumour that was attacking the language centre of his brain. In this moving extract from her new memoir, his widow, the artist Marion Coutts, recounts the ordeal of his last months.
Palliative surgery: A surgeon reflects
US – Kevin MD
Surgeon, Sid Schwab, writes about the challenges and triumphs of palliative surgery.
Insight into Patients & Caregivers Perspectives on Conservative Management in End of Life Care
US – American Journal of Kidney Disease Blog
Author, Katharine L. Cheung, discusses the results of her recent study which found that patients with end-stage kidney disease often experience clinical and psychological set backs that negatively impact quality of life and survival.
Meet eight-year-old Noah: The youngest fundraiser for St Columba’s Hospice
UK – STV Edinburgh
Unlike most his age, Noah Crawford has been asking his mum for the last three years to become a fundraiser for St Columba’s Hospice.
What Palliative Care is and Why it Matters
US – Palliative in Practice
The Center to Advance Palliative Care presents in video format the perspectives of palliative care specialists, patients and advocates as they discuss how palliative care can benefit anyone facing a serious illness.
The political economy of dying
UK – End of Life Studies Blog
Professor David Clark focusses on a recent blog post by the sociologist Yasmin Gunaratnum, about the values we place on differing deaths.
iPatients get wonderful care. Real patients: Well, take a guess
US – TED
Physician and best-selling author, Abraham Verghese, is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and has given presentations worldwide, focusing on the human side of medicine. In his terrific TED talk, he passionately argues that in the midst of overwhelming data and technology, we must never lose sight of the patient.
Palliative care in Ministry of Health budget
ehospice Kenya
The Ministry of Health has indicated inclusion of palliative care in the 2014-2015 government budget presented in the Kenyan parliament earlier this month.
ehospice UK
Dr Katherine Sleeman writes for ehospice about her recent TEDMED presentation at the Albert Hall in London, where she had to break the news to the 4,000-strong audience that we are all going to die.
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