World media roundup – 8 July 2014

Categories: In The Media.

Palliative care – an illustrated story

New five-page illustrated story about palliative care by Isabella Bannerman.

Support team aiding caregivers of cancer patients shows success, researchers report

Medical Xpress

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have devised and tested an intervention that quickly integrates a cancer support team to guide caregivers and their patients through difficult end of life treatment and decisions.

Euthanasia debate: doctor-assisted death advocate Rodney Syme attacks ‘maverick’ Nitschke after revelations

ABC News

A campaigner for medically-assisted suicide has harshly criticised euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke for helping a man he knew was not terminally ill commit suicide.

Music therapy: more than ‘music to your ears’

ehospice USA

For patients at the end of life, music therapy can help them manage physical pain, express buried emotions or feelings, and find peaceful closure.

Hoping for support across the political spectrum for voluntary euthanasia

ehospice Australia

Australian Senator Richard Di Natale hopes the Australian Parliament will rethink its approach to right to die laws.

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