Category Archives: European Journal of Palliative Care

What is the impact of dementia on the person’s family and who cares for the carers?

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Jacinta Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Palliative Care Team, North West Hospice, Sligo, and Dympna O’Connell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing at St Angela’s College, Sligo, Ireland, explain the background to their longer article published in the March/April issue of the … Continue reading →

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Symptomatic hyponatraemia in home-based palliative patients treated with subcutaneous infusions

Posted on May 28, 2018 by

Ancu Feng Escobar, MD, and Mario Lopez Saca, MD, are members of the multiprofessional team at the Clinica de Cuidados Paliativos, ‘Soporte y control de sintomas del enfermo avanzado’ in San Salvador, El Salvador. Here, they explain the background to … Continue reading →

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End-of-Life Doulas: Providing practical and emotional support to people living with life-limiting illness and their families

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

Anna Lyons is an end-of-life doula in London UK; here she explains the background to her longer article in the March/April issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care. The profession of end-of-life doula is still very new. The reason for this is … Continue reading →

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Hungry, homeless and heading for heaven: Exploring end-of-life preferences of homeless people in the UK

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Wendy Ann Webb, Queen’s Nurse, PhD Student and Florence Nightingale Research Scholar, explains the background to her PhD research and a longer article published in the March/April edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. Over the past 18 years, … Continue reading →

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Human Rights in End-of-Life Care: Implementation and early evaluation of the training programme

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

Jacqui Graves, Human Rights Lead, Sue Ryder, UK, explains the background to her longer article, which is published in the January/February 2018 issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care. In our normal day-to-day lives and in the European and … Continue reading →

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The role of volunteers supporting people with life-limiting illness in their own homes

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Dr Jason Boland, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, and Dr Rachel Fearnley, Honorary Researcher, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK, explain the background to their longer article in the January/February 2018 issue of … Continue reading →

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Dementia, what is the role of the Specialist Palliative Care Service?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Jacinta Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Palliative Care Team, North West Hospice, Sligo, and Dympna O’Connell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing at St Angela’s College, Sligo, Ireland, explain the background to their longer article published in the January/February issue of the … Continue reading →

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