Member awareness of the EAPC framework on palliative sedation
EAPC Blog
Dr Ebun Abarshi, an experienced researcher on the EUROIMPACT Project, provides the background to an internet-based survey on the EAPC’s recommended framework for palliative sedation.
Hospice community presents awards at national conference in Washington D.C.
US- Digital Journal
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the hospice community honored some of its own during NHPCO’s 29th Annual Management and Leadership Conference.
Louis Theroux’s LA Stories documents man who overcame the odds
Daily Mail
A BBC documentary by Louis Theroux explores end of life care in the US, with a focus on hospitals in LA and “never giving up”.
Language matters: journalism’s role in end of life care
Life Matters Media
For patients and families to make informed choices about their own end of life care, reporters in every news medium must select more accurate language to describe and analyse noteworthy cases and concepts, said members of a panel at the Association of Health Care Journalists Conference.
Redefining palliative care
Maclean’s
Patients and doctors often think it’s only for the dying. New studies show it may extend life.
HIV as a chronic disease: dealing with lifelong treatment in Africa
Health Canal
Research into how treatment models of other chronic diseases, with the emphasis on ‘self-management’, can be applied to HIV care.
Cancer care crisis – public health system can only care for 200 of 900 new patients
Gleaner
According to a senior government technocrat, the Jamaican public health system can only care for 200 of the 900 new cancer patients diagnosed annually.
Funeral costs: the rising cost of dying
The New Zealand Herald
Soaring costs of a standard New Zealand burial are prompting leaders in the funeral industry to speak out.
More Americans dying as birth rates hit record lows
TIME
Thanks to younger Americans delaying having children and an exceptionally large group of Americans reaching mortality, the gap between births and deaths in the US is the smallest it’s been in nearly four decades, according to datafrom the US Census.
Palliative care in prison
ehospice India
There are patients who need palliative care everywhere—at home, in hospitals and on the streets. Dr Linge Gowda writes for ehospice about providing palliative care to some patients in prison.
Non-Communicable Diseases portal launched in Kenya
ehospice Kenya
A new Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) portal aims to be a one-stop shop for all information on NCDs in the country including, ongoing projects, publications, downloads of NCD-related documents, opportunities among others.
Palliative care on the table in NSW Parliament
ehospice Australia
For the third time in as many years, a petition of 10,000 or more signatures has been submitted to NSW parliament calling for additional funding for palliative care services.
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