Nurse consultant joins London hospice in community role
UK – Nursing Times
St Joseph’s Hospice has appointed its second nurse consultant to boost access to palliative care in community settings.
Insurers play growing role in palliative care expansion
US – The Oncology Report (subscription required)
Health plans are starting to expand their coverage of palliative care, offering higher payments to physicians who meet certain standards or paying for home care for a wider range of seriously ill patients.
Tools for planning end of life care are varied, untested: study
Reuters Health
Many tools exist to help introduce people to the subject of advanced care planning, but they vary widely in what they offer and how accessible they are, according to a new research review.
25 million older Americans have experienced unwanted or excessive medical treatment
US – HealthNewsDigest
A new poll also reveals that older Americans strongly support holding doctors accountable when they fail to honor patients’ end of life healthcare wishes.
Getting hospice care shouldn’t have to mean giving up
US – npr
Article on the experimental Medicare Care Choices Model, where people with advanced cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure or AIDS will be able to receive a range of hospice services, even as they continue to see their regular health providers for treatment of the illness.
Is dying a mental health issue?
PLOS Blog
Should a dying patient talking to a psychiatrist be diagnosed with adjustment disorder related to death?
The suicide certificate: a modest solution?
Sunrise Rounds blog
Dr James Salwitz proposes creating ‘The Suicide Certificate’, a legal checklist, which once complete would allow the individual to die by their own hand, but in a controlled and definite manner.
‘HIV global death estimates are wrong’
The Guardian – Global development professionals network
The researcher behind a recent Lancet study says we have overestimated the AIDS epidemic and underestimated malaria deaths.
Urbanisation of rural Africa associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
Health Canal
The increasing urbanisation of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study carried out in Uganda.
Counselling passion led me to palliative care
ehospice Kenya
Feature about Mary Otieno, who was selected to attend palliative training organized by Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA).
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