Dr Matthew Doré – Palliative Care Consultant and Dr Alan McPherson Northern Ireland Hospice & Belfast Trust Hon Sec of APM and Co-lead Clin ECHO Do you know what ‘epiphenomenalism’ means? If you don’t, it means you are normal, but for completeness it is the study of the ‘mind’ versus ‘body’ problem. When your body […]
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Disgust in Dying
Author: Dr Cajetan Skowronski, ST6 in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine, Sussex. “The awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those about him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, and almost indecorous incident (as if someone entered a drawing room diffusing an unpleasant odour)…He saw that no one felt […]
Can Prognosis Colonise the Present?
Author: Abel García Abejas, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior Artificial intelligence is increasingly entering palliative medicine through prediction, algorithms can now estimate mortality, identify clinical deterioration and recognise end-of-life trajectories long before they become apparent to clinicians, in many respects, this represents genuine progress. Earlier identification may improve advance care […]
From awareness to action: piloting sustainable Palliative Care at a Welsh hospice
Authors: Dr Daniel Hattam – Junior clinical fellow at Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale Dr Tiffany D’Silva – Junior clinical fellow at Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale Dr Siwan Seaman – Consultant in Palliative medicine and medical director at Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale Dr Kate Crossland – Speciality […]
Why do people in Oregon and Washington seek death under Death with Dignity laws?
Authors: Professor David Albert Jones, Professor of Bioethics, St Mary’s University, Twickenham. [ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7268-6353] Professor David Paton, Professor Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School [ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7486-9353] The authors explore why people in Oregon and Washington chose to end their lives under Death with Dignity laws, including stated reasons such as concerns about […]
Why do we need inclusive leadership in palliative care today?
Authors Dr Esraa Sulaivany, Consultant Palliative Medicine, Medical Director St. Rocco’s Hospice, Warrington, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Dr Fran Hakkak, Medical Director, Compton Care, Wolverhampton Dr Despoina-Elvira Karakitsiou, Locum Consultant Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast Trudie Roiz de Sa, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Lay Trustee, Association of Palliative Medicine Introduction: A health […]
Night at the Museum: Using Art to Cultivate Resilience, Empathy, and Understanding in Physicians
Author: Ye M Aung, MD Department of Supportive Oncology Division of Oncology-Palliative Medicine Atrium Health Levine Cancer Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine High rates of physician burnout and moral injury represent a growing threat to the sustainability of the medical workforce. Nearly half of U.S. physicians continue to report […]
From our own correspondent – I fail to capture the Castle – Prague revisited
Author: Professor Ollie Minton, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Brighton, UK Professor Minton finds himself in Prague, where the 20th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care took place between 14-16th May 2026. Warning: Readers may wish to note a reading time of circa 10 minutes, time they will not get back. There are no […]
Are We Treating Cancer or Meaning? The Rise of Advanced Pharmacotherapy
Author: Yusuke Sugama, MD, PhD Medical Oncologist, Higashi Sapporo Hospital. ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2899-0512 The Blurring Lines of Treatment and Care Have you ever prescribed a systemic therapy for an advanced cancer patient, fully aware that the biological benefit might be marginal, yet feeling it was somehow the “right” thing to do? When a patient says, […]
Spring Newsletter from the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer
Author: Dr. Kunihiko Ishitani President of The International Research Society of the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) President, Higashi Sapporo Hospital, Japan Our Spring newsletter is out and can be accessed here Introduction The 5th Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) will be held this […]