Hilde Buiting, PhD With Femke Botman, MSc, Patrick Brown, PhD, Vincent Ho, MSc, Gabe Sonke, MD, PhD Patients with incurable cancer often do not perceive themselves as “palliative”, a connotation they more commonly associate with impending death. Instead, these patients often prefer the word “chronic.” On the basis of nurses’ experiences we would like to […]
Category: End of Life Care
The Value of Death: bringing death back into life: What does this mean for Nurses?
This week’s blog is written by Dr Sarah Russell (@LearnPEOLC), Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Sarah is also a Florence Nightingale Foundation (@FNightingaleF) Alumni Champion. She is also a member of the British Geriatrics Society, End of Life Special Interest Group and Co-author, The Lancet Commission […]