Letter: My Mom died with dignity, in palliative care
Canada – Montreal Gazette
An anti-euthanasia perspective in a letter to the Montreal Gazette.
Women’s Checkups: 6 Secrets to Getting the Best Medical Care
US – Know More TV
General advice on how to get the most out of a visit to the doctor.
US – Wiscasset Newspaper
A doctors’ personal comparison of a good and a bad death.
Israel debates assisted suicide
US – Right to Life News
Israel is in the middle of a heated debate about assisted suicide. A ministerial committee has approved a bill which would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to Israeli citizens with less than six months to live and exempts doctors from liability for the death.
French passive euthanasia: Court says end life support
France – BBC News Europe
A man who has been in a vegetative state for six years should have his treatment ended, the public rapporteur of France’s top court has recommended.
Are Nursing and Social Media like Oil and Vinegar?
US – ONS Connect
Are you or your colleagues afraid of social media? Have you found that social media augments your nursing or self-care practice? The conflicts between nursing and social media are not going away; in fact, this author is sure they will only grow and suggests that nurses need to step up to the plate and address this issue.
An impetus for further collaboration – thoughts on winning an EAPC Early Researcher Award
EAPC Blog
Dr Ollie Minton PhD FRCP, Locum Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine – St George’s University of London, UK, was joint second place winner of the European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award awarded earlier this month at the 8th EAPC World Research Congress in Lleida. Dr Minton explains how his research in cancer-related fatigue led to the award.
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