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‘I’m afraid I have some bad news…’

Posted on September 22, 2022 by pallcare

While not a phrase anyone would want to hear from their healthcare professional, Elise Lang and colleagues suggest there are ‘good ways’ to share such news and to discuss prognosis in a way that is supportive to those affected by … Continue reading →

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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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Ageing well and dying well in the right place: What Compassionate Communities can learn from Caring Neighbourhoods.

Posted on September 5, 2022 by pallcare

For the last in our Palliative Care and Public Health blog series, Liesbeth De Donder gives key learning points for palliative care from her research into Caring Neighbourhoods and why we cannot talk about ageing in place (the ability of … Continue reading →

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Has the COVID-19 pandemic brought Intensive Care and Palliative Care closer together?

Posted on August 29, 2022 by pallcare

We are delighted to introduce our new Palliative Care and Intensive Care blog series.  For the first article in this series, Martin Neukirchen and colleagues tell us about combined initiatives established during the pandemic that have proved to have significant … Continue reading →

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Does early palliative home care for hematologic patients save money?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by pallcare

We hope you enjoyed the EAPC 12th World Research Congress!  All congress content is available online for delegates until 30th September 2022. There were many highlights from #EAPC2022 but we particularly enjoyed the award presentations, which included the Journal of … Continue reading →

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