Dr Miriam Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at Hull York Medical School, explains why she believes that patients with non-malignant conditions are often excluded from access to effective palliative care. She also outlines current understanding of the best way to palliate breathlessness and to successfully plan for end of life care amongst patients with […]
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Cloak and Needles
I can see: a frozen nose and few veins in the same place. The bird without a beak outside of the window flutters and goes away. I wish that outside of the window things will happen without a bird, not now… His existential pain is growing like tree amidst baroque music. This is new for […]
New resource aims to advance measurement in palliative care
Patients are set to benefit from the new Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS), a tool developed to assist clinicians, researchers and other healthcare workers in measuring physical symptoms; psychological, emotional and spiritual needs; and provision of information and support at the end of life. Developed by Professor Irene J Higginson, POS is a free resource […]
News and updates from palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety Updates McKinley T34 extension sets: UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issue recall All T34 syringe pump extension sets manufactured by CME (McKinley Medical UK) before 1 January 2011 have been recalled due to the […]
Call for abstracts – Palliative Care Congress, 2012
The 9th Palliative Care Congress is to be held at The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 14-16 March, 2012. Further information will be available shortly and details will be emailed to all those who attended the Congress in 2010. The Palliative Care Congress is now calling for abstract submissions. For more information on the 2012 Congress […]
BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care receives a noble introduction in Edinburgh
Delegates of the COMPASS conference, including many key figures in the supportive and palliative care community, joined the BMJ Group and Editor-in-Chief Bill Noble in Edinburgh on 14 April to celebrate the official launch of the new journal. As guests were mingling at the champagne reception, the music of the pipes drifted closer. Then in […]