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 […]
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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 […]
Clinical leadership for modern palliative care: Symposium at Palliative Care Congress, Brighton 2026
Authors Dr Sarah Mitchell, Clinical Associate Professor of Palliative Care, University of Leeds Dr Suzanne Kite, President, Association for Palliative Medicine, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust Dr Debbie Talbot, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and NHSE Midlands Regional Clinical lead for PC&EOLC, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT and NHSE Midlands Charlotte Rock, Chief […]
A ‘Good Death’, for Whom?
Author: Daliya Rizvi Department of Biology Duke University, Durham, North Carolina A physician I surveyed for a research project said it plainly: “Cultural curiosity is not a major consideration for the majority of the healthcare workforce.” He wasn’t confessing a failure. He wrote this sentence matter-of-factly, the way you’d describe a hospital’s parking situation. That […]
QR-code wristbands for critical information sharing in palliative care, a review at 6-months
Dr Elin Harding, Dr Alice Crabtree, Dr Caitlin Cahill, Dr Stephanie Sivell and Professor Nikki Pease (Velindre University NHS Trust, Cardiff University and Marie Curie Research Centre) Image 1: QR-Code Cymru Team – Left-Right Mr Ed O’Brian (WAST EOL lead, Professor Nikki Pease, Dr Elin Harding, Dr Alice Crabtree Background: It is well documented that […]
Is Palliative Care in Slovenia Truly Integrated?
Author: Nena Golob, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Acute Palliative Care Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Email: ngolob@onko-i.si ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5148-4912 Slovenia is a small Central European country with a population of just over two million and a publicly funded healthcare system. Over the last two decades, palliative […]
Speech and Language Therapy Outcome Measures in Palliative Care: Why a New Approach is Needed
Authors: Karen Slyne Specialist Palliative Care Speech & Language Therapist, Milford Care Centre Madeline Hawkes Specialist Palliative Care Speech & Language Therapist, St Joseph’s Hospice Identifying the gap in palliative care outcomes Outcome measurement in palliative care has traditionally prioritised medical and nursing perspectives, with limited attention to communication, swallowing, and oral comfort. As speech […]