Those who improve end of life, palliative care honoured
US – National Association of Social Workers
Recipients of this year’s Circle of Life Awards, which honour the people who collectively work to improve palliative and end of life care, have been announced.
‘Cruel’ renewal of medical cards for terminally ill to be abolished
Ireland – Independent
People who are terminally ill will no longer have to renew their medical card every six months under a new plan to go before Cabinet.
‘Right to try’ laws are compassionate, but misguided
The Conversations
Yoram Unguru from Johns Hopkins University on the debate in Arizona over whether to grant terminally-ill patients access to experimental treatments that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved.
Brittany Maynard, 29-year-old with terminal cancer, explains why she’s delaying ending her life
The Huffington Post
Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon to access the state’s Death With Dignity law after being given a terminal cancer diagnosis, has decided to delay ending her life.
A beautiful death: One man’s tale of dying with dignity
Consumer Reports
Special report and documentary on the end of life, choice, hospice and palliative care.
Reports from the Zen Hospice: stories heard and lessons learned by a volunteer
Pallimed blog
In his solo performance ‘Reports from the Zen Hospice’, storyteller/monologist Josh Kornbluth shares stories heard and lessons learned as a newbie hospice volunteer and artist-in-residence at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco.
US quarantines ‘chilling’ Ebola fight in West Africa -MSF
Reuters
Mandatory quarantines ordered by some US states for doctors and nurses returning from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak are creating a “chilling effect” on aid work there, say Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Ebola virus: genes ‘play significant role in survival’
BBC News
Genetic factors could play an important role in whether people survive the Ebola virus, say US scientists.
A network of individuals in palliative care
ehospice Australia
Palliative care nursing specialists working in the aged care sector in New South Wales have formed an organisation to represent their numbers across the state.
Proclamation for November’s National Hospice Palliative Care Month issued
ehospice USA
Hospice and Palliative Care providers across the country will participate in outreach and awareness efforts throughout November.
Ongoing collaboration to support the well-being of seniors living In Canada
ehospice Canada
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors met to review recent collaborative work and discuss ways to further support the well-being of seniors living in Canada.
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