Some might remember the first time we asked that question in 2014. Marie Curie and many funding partners and stakeholders worked with the James Lind Alliance (JLA) on the Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP) with the express aim to hear from patients, carers and health and social care professionals about […]
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Synopsis of a conference that nearly never happened – The 2023 Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) in Japan
Toshiro Kusakabe reflects on the highlights of The 2023 Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) in Japan that was due to happen in 2020, and was then postponed on three separate occasions The 3rd/4th joint SCPSC The 3rd SCPSC was scheduled for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Sapporo: History of a conference
Toshiro Kusakabe outlines how the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) was conceived. In his first blog, he outlines some of the history that has led to these events History of Higashi Sapporo Hospital and the Progress of the SCPSC Higashi Sapporo Hospital was founded in 1983 in Sapporo, Japan […]
The Tree That Stands By My Window
By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 Hello tree, I was a teenager when I first appreciated you. Your greens were greener then, But then my hair was thicker So I shouldn’t compare Glass houses and all that. […]
Meet the Editors: Jason Boland
As part of a new series, we will feature some of the people who work for BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Meet the Editors: Dr. Jason Boland Hello Jason, where do you work? I work at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and my clinical work is […]
Do you have range?
By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 The following was recorded directly from an acting seminar in North Wales on how to act like a specialist doctor. The text has been presented in an easy to read format: […]
Controversy: A good death- tyranny or useful concept? By Libby Sallnow and Erica Borgstrom
The publication of a new paper has reignited the age-old debate on the term ‘a good death’. Here, we discuss some of the discussions that emerged as a consequence; Twitter was asked the question, ‘A good death: tyranny or useful concept?’ The responses were critical, varied, came from across the globe, and suggest there remains […]
SEECare & a Sea Change?- How NHS Hospitals care for you when you’re dying
Author: Dr Simon Tavabie, Transforming End of Life Care Fellow @UCLH & Palliative Care Doctor (on behalf of the authors of the SEECareUK study) Dr Tavabie summarises the findings from the recently published Seeking Excellence in End-of-Life Care UK (SEECareUK) study It’s a Saturday morning at your local District General Hospital and sadly, […]
BODIES – A Medical Humanities Conference
Author: Dr Ishminder Mangat, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, England Bodies was the first ever medical humanities conference to take place in Bristol: it was held on Monday 26th June 2023 in the grand and imposing neo-Gothic Wills Memorial Building. For this summary article, I have tried to capture an account of […]
Looking through the eyes of the sailor…by Christiaan A. Rhodius
(Edvard Munch “Døden ved roret”, 1893. Photo: Munchmuseet / Svein Andersen) Great to have a breeze. Without it a sailor goes nowhere. I just had to pull my hat down to make sure it wouldn’t blow away. I have secured a good position in the boat, one leg stretched for support and the other bent. […]