Developing research methodologies that can reliably examine the quality of end of life care
Europe- EAPC Blog
Ahead of this week’s 8th EAPC World Research Congress, plenary speaker Professor David Currow, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, shares some thoughts.
A Global Victory for Palliative Care
International- Open Society Foundations
On May 23, the World Health Organization passed its first ever stand-alone palliative care resolution. It calls on all member states to integrate palliative care and pain relief into their national health systems. Mary Callaway, director of the Open Society International Palliative Care Initiative, speaks about its significance.
The scale of the morphine scandal
International- Channel 4 News
Journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy comments on the new figures released yesterday by the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance showing that 18 million people died in 2012 without morphine.
Oxford student does research on the work of hospice
ehospice South Africa
Beth Vale, a recent recipient of the Mandela Rhodes scholarship, is a Doctoral student at Oxford University who recently spent four months doing field research on children with HIV. During this period she worked extensively with Grahamstown hospice. Beth writes about her experience for ehospice.
Hospice gardens can help people cope with terminal illness and loss
ehospice UK
Ahead of The National Gardens Scheme Festival Weekend, Heather Richardson, National Clinical Lead at Help the Hospices, writes about the benefits of hospice gardens for those facing a terminal illness or coping with the loss of a loved one.
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