Author Archives: pallcare

ICU and Palliative Care: Poles Apart or a Mindset in Common?

Posted on October 3, 2022 by pallcare

For the first in our new Palliative Care and Intensive Care series, Dr Sophia Henderson, Post CCT (Post Certificate of Completion of Training) Fellow in Intensive Care & Palliative Care, reflects on how historically referring ICU patients to palliative care … Continue reading →

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‘Healing Hearts and Communities’: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2022.

Posted on September 26, 2022 by pallcare

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) was established in 2005 and has since become one of palliative care’s most significant global days. Each year a different theme is chosen to emphasise an aspect of palliative care that people may … Continue reading →

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‘I’m afraid I have some bad news…’

Posted on September 22, 2022 by pallcare

While not a phrase anyone would want to hear from their healthcare professional, Elise Lang and colleagues suggest there are ‘good ways’ to share such news and to discuss prognosis in a way that is supportive to those affected by … Continue reading →

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Love, life, death, and a price. Worth a Ventafridda Award?

Posted on September 12, 2022 by pallcare

Vittorio Ventafridda was a palliative care pioneer and in 2007, the Maruzza Foundation established an award in his honour. It is given each year to a clinician who has demonstrated outstanding initiative and enterprise in the paediatric palliative care sector … Continue reading →

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Ageing well and dying well in the right place: What Compassionate Communities can learn from Caring Neighbourhoods.

Posted on September 5, 2022 by pallcare

For the last in our Palliative Care and Public Health blog series, Liesbeth De Donder gives key learning points for palliative care from her research into Caring Neighbourhoods and why we cannot talk about ageing in place (the ability of … Continue reading →

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