By Megan Doheny, Post Doctorate at the Department of Global Public Health, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Sweden, Stockholm. E-mail: megan.doheny@ki.se.Twitter: @megandoheny6gm1 Thesis: Socio-economic differences in the healthcare utilisation of older persons in Sweden “Even if I’m dying, until I actually die, I am still living” –Paul Kalanithi The above quote is […]
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Why being clever isn’t always very clever.
By Dr. Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Ashford and St Peter’s Clinical End of Life Lead, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 Cleverness is a very human attribute. When we talk about animals being clever we don’t really mean that they are smart we mean that they are showing an ability […]
Microplastics; are they the next largest chronic health concern?
By Dr Matthew Doré, palliative care consultant at Northern Ireland Hospice & Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. What is the new smoking? History teaches us there is likely something which we are doing right now, that one day we will look back at in abject horror. There is likely something which we have some current […]
Development of cancer- related fatigue services in BCUHB, North Wales 2020- 2021
By Jackie Pottle, Macmillan Cancer AHP Lead BCUHB and Lisa Heaton Brown, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Cancer, Haematology & Palliative care. “I think, for me, the overall impact of the workshop (Video group clinic) was that the recognition by experts in the field that fatigue is ‘real’ and has impacts on life was important as was the […]
How To Tell if Your Patient is Dying.
By Dr. Joseph Hawkins, Palliative Medicine Consultant, ASPH NHS Foundation Trust and Woking and Sam Beare Hospice. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 Collaborators include Sophie Dargan, Palliative Care MDT Coordinator, and Susan Dargan, Clinical Nurse. ‘It’s a travesty!’, a colleague said to me- ‘look at these scans’. I looked and agreed; those lungs resembled a Jackson Pollock painting […]
Effects of Mindfulness Integrated Cognitive Behavioural Intervention with Cancer Palliative Care Professionals
By Dr Amanpreet Kaur, Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, India, @Amanpreet_CP Awarded first prize in Original Paper presentation at 28th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON) 2021 “It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens […]
Community Sources of Bereavement Support
By Dr Julian Abel, Director, Compassionate Communities UK “Finally, one day the aged father of a Prairie du Sac woman will die. And next-door neighbours will not drop by because they don’t want to interrupt the bereavement counsellor. The woman’s kin will stay home because they will have learned that only the bereavement counsellor knows […]
The Digital Legacy Conference 2021 ‘PalliCovid & Exploring New Dimensions’
by James Norris, Digital Legacy Association, MyWishes & Michael Sobell Hospice The Digital Legacy Conference, Tues 5th October, 2021 (from 4pm British Summer Time until 10PM) The importance and relevance of our digital lives and possessions is increasing. Digital photos and videos are often saved behind password or finger-print protected devices The […]
“Talking Through a Fog”: The Impact of Patulous Eustachian Tube on Patients with Advanced Cancer
By Dr Holly McGuigan (Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine, Strathcarron Hospice) and Dr Ruth Isherwood (Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Cornhill Macmillan Centre, Perth) Twitter: @cloudy_lemonade “I’m sorry, what?” “Patulous Eustachian Tube”, came the reply from my prospective Masters supervisor. “I’m sorry but I have no idea what you’re talking about…” And so began an […]
Learn from my mistakes! What I learned when I spoke at a predatory conference
By Colleen Davis, Executive Coach, Registered Nurse, speaker, mother and life-long learner who helps inspire people to live their authentic life, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. LinkedIn Account Like many people these days, I receive a lot of emails from predatory journals or conference organizers. In 2018, I was approached, as an executive coach, […]