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Category Archives: PATIENT & FAMILY CARE
Food, Toys and Love: The Voices of Seriously Ill Children and Their Siblings.
There are just nine days to go to #EAPC2023! The 18th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is in Rotterdam on 15th to 17th June 2023. Today, we are pleased to welcome Professor Barbara Sourkes to … Continue reading
How a resource-oriented approach can enhance palliative care.
Palliative care aims to improve patient and relative quality of life, and this can be supported by helping them to identify and draw on their internal, external, community and society-based resources. For today’s blog, Prof. Mathieu Bernard tells us about … Continue reading
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Has COVID-19 changed care at the end of life in England?
Covid-19 affected healthcare systems globally, with implications for policy, funding, and care delivery. Research played an important role in analysing and learning from how countries responded. For today’s blog, we hear from Monica Oancea from the Cicely Saunders Institute of … Continue reading
Linking the ‘point of care’ with the ‘point of life’: experiences from the MyPal project.
Digital health interventions are a fast-developing field, with much potential, but not without their challenges, especially in palliative care. The MyPal ebook, based on a recently completed European project, is a new resource which could help you navigate their implementation, … Continue reading
Did anyone hold your hand as you learned the trade of palliative care? A tribute to Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith, 1929 – 2023.
Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith, pioneer of palliative care social work and psycho-social palliative care, and first Director of Social Work at St Christopher’s Hospice, died in January 2023, at the age of 93 years. David Oliviere pays tribute to an extraordinary life … Continue reading