The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have published a provisional clinical opinion (PCO) which suggests that palliative care should play a larger role in standard cancer care, and that cancer patients should be offered palliative care earlier in their treatment. The PCO is based on evidence from seven recently published randomised controlled trials which […]
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New feature-length film highlights “humanitarian crisis” in untreated pain
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Professor Irene Higginson talks about how more people in the UK are dying at home.
Professor Irene Higginson, Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute and Associate Editor of Supportive and Palliative Care, spoke today of the recent promising trend of more cancer deaths occurring at home in the UK. In an interview with Radio 4’s Today programme, Professor Higginson highlighted the findings of a recent report which indicates that the […]
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Another step toward integrated palliative care in Singapore
The Singaporean Ministry of Health has set up a taskforce to create a national palliative care strategy. A report released last year by the Lien Centre for Palliative Care made several recommendations to improve end-of-life care in the country. The Minister for Health has accepted the report’s conclusions and a team of people will now […]
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