World media roundup 7 October 2013

Categories: In The Media.

Dealing With Bereavement

UK- Huffington Post 

Beautifully written blog post by Beth Phillips, a young widow coping with bereavement and motherhood. 

Use of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) is growing in Africa

Africa- APCA

Report on the workshop on the APCA-POS at the recent APCA/HPCA conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. APCA’s research manager will be part of a team that will submit a journal article outlining the growth and implementation of the APCA African POS later this year.

Film, panel to hit on need for family’s talk about end-of-life care

US- Rockford Register Star 

A case of successfully communicated end of life wishes leads into information about: ‘Consider the Conversation,’ a theatrical film series designed to encourage people to talk about their end-of-life wishes. 

Warren Wheeler, M.D., of Nathan Adelson Hospice Named a Top Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

US- Navada Business

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Honors the Specialty’s Visionaries.

NHPCO 2013 Creative Arts Contest

US- NHPCO

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) of the US shares the winners of their 2013 Creative Arts Contest.

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