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Talking about palliative care at the World Health Assembly

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Lukas Radbruch, Incoming Chair of the International Association for Palliative Care The 66th World Health Assembly was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, just two weeks ago. I went there for the day on 22 May and … Continue reading →

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News from Prague – the 13th World Congress on palliative care

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

Lukas Radbruch, Chair of the Scientific Committee and past president of the EAPC Sitting in the hotel room, I wonder whether I am really in Prague. The congress opened on Thursday with short notes from Ladislav Kabelka (Chair of the … Continue reading →

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Budapest Commitments: news from Poland

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Wojciech Leppert, Chair and Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. Continuing our series about the Budapest Commitments, Professor Leppert looks at how Poland is doing. Although Poland did not officially sign up to the Budapest … Continue reading →

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The Budapest Commitments: A view from the UK

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Dr Bee Wee, President of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland, and Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care in Oxford, UK, continues our series that looks at how different countries are improving palliative care … Continue reading →

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Deathbed tweets

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Dr Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Centre Cardiff and Vale; University Hospital Llandough; Velindre Hospital NHS Trust, Wales. A medical colleague recently told me about a dying patient, who posted ‘Dead’ in her online blog status update … Continue reading →

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