Tag Archives: Covid-19 and palliative care

How specialist palliative care services across the world innovated frugally in response to COVID-19

Posted on February 1, 2021 by pallcare

NEW SERIES:  COVID-19 AND THE PALLIATIVE CARE RESPONSE… Writing on this blog in May 2020, Catherine Walshe and Nancy Preston introduced the CovPall study, led by Professor Irene Higginson, and invited clinical leads across the globe to take part in … Continue reading →

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Nurses behind the scenes: The palliative care response to COVID-19 in Paris

Posted on November 25, 2020 by pallcare

Cliquez ici pour la version en français. CONTINUING OUR SERIES TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE 2020 AND THE BENEFITS THAT NURSING AND MIDWIFERY BRING TO THE HEALTH OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION. To mark this world first, the European … Continue reading →

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The need for early referral to palliative care especially for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in a COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on October 15, 2020 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 … Continue reading →

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CovPall: A new study of the palliative care response to COVID-19

Posted on May 20, 2020 by pallcare

A recent post from the team at Cicely Saunders Institute (King’s College London) announced plans for a new research collaboration, CovPall. Today, Catherine Walshe and Nancy Preston from the International Observatory on End of Life Care tell us more about CovPall and the … Continue reading →

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Stand by me: Honouring the courage and dedication of all caregivers in the time of coronavirus

Posted on April 30, 2020 by pallcare

Today (April 30), it’s the International Day of Jazz. We’re delighted to share with you a special recording from ‘The Palliators’, a band of Dutch people working professionally in palliative care as caregivers and researchers, and a volunteer. Carlo Leget, Professor … Continue reading →

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