By Dr Matthew Katz, MD @subatomicdoc Department of Radiation Medicine Lowell General Hospital MA 01854 USA Many people find Twitter a bit confusing when they first sign up. This article aims to help palliative care professionals ease their way in, and find it an educationally valuable tool. And turning it the other way round, how can […]
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Twittergate, or what to consider at academic conferences when using social media
by Dr Mark Taubert @DrMarkTaubert Social media use at conferences has become so commonplace that it is not at all unusual for a presenter to be faced with an audience peering down at laptops/tablets/smartphones (academic spectacles reflecting myriad shimmers of blue LED light to the front). Sometimes flashlights, bright screens and tablets (held up in the […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety alerts Patient Safety Alert for Fluid/Food Thickening Powder NHS England has issued a patient safety alert (NHS/PSA/W/2015/002) warning of the risk of death from asphyxiation by accidental ingestion of fluid/food dry thickening powder. For more information, click […]
Metamorphosis of an upload
Do social media uploads, comments, blogs and videos provide rich opportunities for research or should we stand back on moral grounds? Answer: we need a framework By Dr Dafydd Brooks , Dr Mark Taubert, clinicians at Velindre Cancer Centre and Dr Annmarie Nelson and Dr Noreen Hopewell-Kelly, researchers at the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre, […]
Palliating Social Media – a seminar workshop at the Macmillan Professionals Conference in London
Dr Clifford Jones a Macmillan GP Facilitator in Aneurin Bevan Healthboard summarises a workshop seminar he attended at a Macmillan GP conference in London. Conference Twitter hashtag: #Macmillanpros What happens to our presence on social media when we die? And how do palliative care patients and professionals use social media? These were some of […]
Psychology and palliative care services working together- on cultivating multi-disciplinary meetings and ensuring compassion in care
by Dr Katherine Regan, Clinical Psychologist, Wales, UK Dr Regan shares her experiences working in close collaboration with a specialist palliative care team at Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, Wales. She discusses why collaborative working across both areas is a useful model for the future and how both fields can learn much from one another. […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
9th June 2014 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics NICE Evidence Update: Opioids in palliative care The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a summary of the selected new evidence relevant to the use of opioids in […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Drug updates DTB Sativex in multiple sclerosis The latest Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) examines the place of the cannabinoid product, Sativex (GW Pharma, UK) in multiple sclerosis. For more information click here. Glycopyrronium bromide […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Haloperidol for psychosis-induced aggression or agitation A Cochrane review has been published on the use of haloperidol for rapid tranquilisation of psychosis-induced aggression or agitation. For more information click here. BNF palliative care section updated […]
New study finds that UK breast cancer patients receive insufficient pain management and palliative care
A study conducted by researchers at Breast Cancer Care and the University of Southampton indicates that over a third of female breast cancer patients are in unnecessary discomfort – despite recent advances in medical management of the disease. The cross-sectional survey was carried out in two cancer centres in the UK and assessed a wide-range […]