Following the successful Irish Association for Palliative Care Seminar in February 2023, we publish here a summary of the winning presentation on the day. Cian Lannon and colleagues have written a short summary for the BMJ SPC blog Authors: Lannon C., Reilly L., Kennedy G., Fleming C., Waldron D. University Hospital Galway, Saolta Group, Ireland […]
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Dealing with Media Interview Requests- How (not) to be heard
Author Prof. Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine amd Clinical Director, Velindre University NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK Do you know how best to prepare if you are asked for an interview by the media? Get it right, and it can do wonders for the subject matter you are passionate about and/or your organisation. But get […]
A Quality Improvement Project looking at written Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation decisions
Authors Prof. Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and national strategic lead Advance & Future Care Planning, Wales Dr. Ellen Haire, palliative care doctor and researcher, Cardiff University, Wales Mr. Alan Buckle, patient/carer representative on All Wales Advance & Future Care Planning Group which oversees DNACPR policy for NHS Wales Introduction In the United […]
Bagelology
Author: Dr Matthew Doré – Palliative Care Consultant in Northern Ireland Hospice and Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast on his reflections from the 2023 Palliative Care Congress in Edinburgh Is a bagel a bagel without the hole? The hole is nothing, an emptiness a void positioned in the middle of lovely cooked cinnamon dough. But, […]
Compassionate Cities Conference in Birmingham
Author: Dr Julian Abel, Director Compassionate Communities UK and chair of organising committee Compassionate Cities Conference, Birmingham July 10th and 11th Hosted by Compassionate Communities UK Click Here for Programme and details An inspiring conference, bringing to light how people undergoing the experiences of death, dying, loss and care, can be supported. This should and can […]
The Sin of Sympatigo
Dr Matthew Doré, Palliative Care Consultant Northern Ireland Hospice and Belfast Trust SYMPATIGO DEFINITION: v. To listen intently and sympathize with your colleagues when they request assistance, and then to simply, and completely, forget about it. n. The ability to sympathize with, yet ignore, requests for help.1 In my ignorance I looked up a word ‘sympatiCO’ and […]
How to perform a palliative exorcism
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 Step 1: recognition of the Palliative patient. This is likely to differ depending upon the setting of the patient. Within a surgical setting the patient may have a variety of […]
China’s living will legislation: next steps to improving patient dignity
By Daoxin Yin1, 2，Mai Wang1, 2，Luxia Zhang1, 2, 3 Affiliations 1. National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University, Beijing, China; 2. Advanced Institute of Information Technology, Peking University, Hangzhou, China 3. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China; Corresponding author Luxia Zhang, MD, MPH […]
Doctor AI (Artificial Intelligence)
By Dr Matthew Doré (Chair of Palliative Care Congress) and HAL (Heuristically programmed Algorithmic computer) CHATGPT – https://chat.openai.com/chat As the years passed, John began to feel a sense of disconnection from the person he had always thought he was. He had always been a hardworking and ambitious man, but as he approached the end […]
Doctor Informed Podcast: DNACPR
BMJ Podcast by BMJ Talk Medicine In this episode of the Doctor Informed podcast, the topic of discussion is Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions. The panel, which includes a patient, reflect on the importance of clinicians holding discussions about future end-of-life care as a way of informing and giving choices. The conversation […]