Author Archives: pallcare

Online congresses a new and welcome reality? What you can expect at the 11th EAPC World Research Congress Online

Posted on June 30, 2020

Behind the scenes, the Scientific Committee and the EAPC head office team have been coming to grips with what’s involved in building an online world congress. Julie Ling, Cathy Payne, Avril Jackson and Alice Gallivanone explain.           … Continue reading →

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New guideline on palliative care for people with severe multiple sclerosis

Posted on June 29, 2020

Professor David Oliver, Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, UK, and Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Reference Group on Neurology and Palliative Care, introduces the new guideline on palliative care for people with severe multiple … Continue reading →

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Spiritual care requires spiritual care support: The link nurse

Posted on June 24, 2020

CONTINUING OUR SERIES TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE 2020 AND THE BENEFITS THAT NURSING AND MIDWIFERY BRING TO THE HEALTH OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION To mark this world first, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is … Continue reading →

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Reframing responses to end-of-life research: A question of vitality

Posted on June 22, 2020

Earlier this year, we launched a series on Spirituality and Palliative Care that looked at how people deal with crisis and suffering when confronted with life-threatening disease. Following much interest in the subject, we’re delighted to publish more posts. Today, we welcome … Continue reading →

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Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms on palliative care patients in a university hospital–bound palliative care unit in Germany

Posted on June 17, 2020

WE’RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH’S ‘EDITOR’S CHOICE’ FROM ‘PALLIATIVE MEDICINE’, THE OFFICIAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF THE EAPC Each month, Professor Catherine Walshe, Editor-in-Chief of ‘Palliative Medicine’, chooses an article that readers may find particularly interesting or useful and invites … Continue reading →

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