Category Archives: CHILDREN’S PALLIATIVE CARE

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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Palliative care for children and young people matters! Working together towards improving palliative care in Europe.

Posted on June 1, 2022 by pallcare

Children and young people are amongst the most hidden patients with palliative care needs. EAPC Children and Young People Taskforce co-chairs Ana Lacerda and Meggie Schuiling-Otten tell us why there is much to be done for children and young people … Continue reading →

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Let the children speak! Part 2.

Posted on May 11, 2022 by pallcare

There are just 9 days to go to #EAPC2022! The 12th World Research Congress Online of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) has live sessions on 18 to 20 May 2022, and lots of on-demand content.  Today, we are … Continue reading →

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Let the children and young people speak! Part 1.

Posted on May 4, 2022 by pallcare

There are just 14 days to go to #EAPC2022! The 12th World Research Congress Online of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) has live sessions on 18 to 20 May 2022, and lots of on-demand content.  Today, we are … Continue reading →

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Just because we can, should we? The TechChild story so far…

Posted on November 26, 2021 by pallcare

Maria Brenner, Professor in Children’s Nursing, Mary Quirke, Research Fellow, Denise Alexander, Research Fellow, and Josephine Greene, Research Assistant, the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland. Here, the authors explain how TechChild offers … Continue reading →

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