Category Archives: Medicine

A medical student’s journey into palliative care

Posted on November 29, 2017 by pallcare

Lucy Taylor is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Her winning entry for the Royal Society of Medicine Palliative Care Section’s essay prize on the future of palliative care is published in the September/October issue … Continue reading →

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From bed to bench and back: Finding evidence to support our clinical practice

Posted on April 10, 2017 by pallcare

NEW SERIES: Ahead of the 15th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, we are publishing posts from our plenary speakers . . . Today, Dagny Faksvåg Haugen, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital and University … Continue reading →

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Management of malignant bowel obstruction with Lanreotide for a community palliative care patient

Posted on January 18, 2017 by pallcare

Dr Kate Markham, Dr Shan Shan Vijeratnam and Dr Pia Amsler, Isabel Hospice, Welwyn Garden City, UK, explain the background to their longer article published in the November/December edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. We are doctors from … Continue reading →

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Polypharmacy in an inpatient hospice setting – exploring the patients’ views

Posted on July 18, 2016 by pallcare

Jennie Pickard, Specialist Palliative Care Pharmacist, St Ann’s Hospice, Heald Green, Manchester, UK, explains the background to a longer article in the May/June edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. Over the years I have had numerous discussions, with … Continue reading →

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Clinical and emotional impact of MRSA on patients with advanced life-limiting illness

Posted on April 4, 2016 by pallcare

Dr Aoife Gleeson MD MSc, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Wales, UK, explains the background to two longer research articles selected jointly as ‘Editor’s choice’ in the April issue of Palliative Medicine. During my specialist training … Continue reading →

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