Tag Archives: Personal experiences of palliative care

Part of what we lived through: Palliative Stories – the EAPC’s occasional series from the perspective of patients and family carers

Posted on November 9, 2015 by pallcare

Pauline from Germany recalls the tragic sequence of events during the illness of her husband and their 15-year-old son who died within three weeks of each other.  Our son died three years ago from glioblastoma after one year of treatment at … Continue reading →

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Competence with compassion: A palliative care experience

Posted on September 23, 2015 by pallcare

Cristina Cazorla, a medical student at Universitat de Lleida, Spain, explains what she gained from a clinical placement with a palliative care team. A close family member recently confessed that he didn’t understand how anyone could devote their professional life … Continue reading →

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