Team finds an off switch for pain
Medical Xpress
Researchers have discovered a way to block a pain pathway in animal models of chronic neuropathic pain including pain caused by chemotherapeutic agents and bone cancer pain suggesting a promising new approach to pain relief.
Before you go … are you in denial about death?
The Conversation
“Despite all progress in ‘normalising’ death and dying from a medical perspective, making it something that patients and families can talk about together, they all too often remain taboo – no-go areas shunned as legitimate topics in polite circles.”
Nurse Lisa Kirwan from Kinnegad to volunteer in China
Westmeath Examiner
In January Lisa Kirwan, a nurse from Ireland, will be travelling to the Changsha region of China for seven weeks to volunteer as a nurse in the Butterfly Children’s Hospice.
Why this photographer takes portraits of the dying
Public Radio International
Nicholas Nixon has devoted a significant portion of his long career to taking portraits of people who are sick and dying and he continues to work with people coming to the end of their lives, including those in palliative care and hospice.
Who will speak for superheroes when they get sick?
Pallimed Blog
Pallimed has put together a presentation about superheroes to encourage discussions around advance care planning this Thanksgiving.
How world’s worst Ebola outbreak began with one boy’s death
BBC News
Overview of the current Ebola outbreak, starting with the first person to die from the disease.
Ten things you may not know about children’s palliative care
ehospice International children’s edition
As part of the ICPCN NOW campaign that celebrates this network’s ten year anniversary, they have launched their first ‘List of 10’.
Australian researchers study clinical effects of palliative care medicines
ehospice Australia
Australian researchers continue to broaden the scope of their international study into the clinical effects of medications used in palliative care and hospices.
Cost saving Hospice Quality Partnership launches at Hospice UK conference
ehospice UK
A new initiative which aims to reduce hospices’ costs by delivering economies of scale in procurement was officially launched at the Hospice UK conference.
Just in time for Thanksgiving: thanks for hospice volunteers
ehospice USA
‘Moments of life: made possible by hospice’, a national public awareness campaign of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, features the story of Los Angeles hospice volunteer Mercedes Baila.
Nomination date extended for IJPN Awards
ehospice International children’s edition
The date for nominations for the International Journal of Palliative Nursing Awards has been extended to 5 December 2014. You can nominate yourself or anyone else who you believe deserves this award.
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