Category Archives: BEREAVEMENT

Caring precariously: Palliative care and welfare worker perspectives on end of life carers

Posted on January 27, 2021 by pallcare

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 the authors … Continue reading →

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Grief and bereavement during COVID-19: How can we best support those left behind?

Posted on September 11, 2020 by pallcare

Dr Lucy Selman is a Senior Research Fellow and co-lead of the Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group at the University of Bristol. Here she describes the evidence reviews she’s been involved in to help inform bereavement support … Continue reading →

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Managing bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on April 14, 2020 by pallcare

Mai-Britt Guldin is a clinical psychology expert and senior researcher at Aarhus University hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, and a member of the steering committee of The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Bereavement Care Task Force. Together with members of the task force, … Continue reading →

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Engaging with bereaved relatives: seeking their views about the quality of care provided to their family member in the last days of life

Posted on March 25, 2020 by pallcare

Dr Catriona Mayland is currently undertaking a five-year Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) Senior Clinical Research Fellowship with the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Here, she talks about assessing the quality of care provided in the last days of life and the … Continue reading →

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New Death Café in a Hertfordshire village – what did we talk about?

Posted on August 26, 2019 by pallcare

Death Cafés are part of a growing worldwide movement to encourage people to talk about death. Last week, palliative care physician, Dr Mark Taubert, explained how he and colleagues started a Death Café in Wales. Today, Imogen White, a retired social … Continue reading →

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