A new report by the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance shows that 32% of countries still have no known palliative care activity whatsoever. The study, entitled “Mapping levels of palliative care development: A global update 2011”, compiled detailed information about the level of hospice and palliative care provision in every country worldwide. The results also showed […]
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A recent talk exploring current issues in palliative care research and practice.
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 […]
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 […]
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. Latest news NICE consults on changes to recommendations for neuropathic pain The UK National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is consulting on proposed changes to some of the recommendations made in its clinical guideline on the pharmacological […]
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Articles of interest in other scholarly journals Click on the article headings to view abstracts Harmful effects of NSAIDs among patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. Bavry AA, Khaliq A, Gong Y, Handberg EM, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Pepine CJ. This was a post hoc analysis from the INternational VErapamil Trandolapril STudy (INVEST), in patients with […]
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 updates Lenalidomide investigation of risk of second primary malignancies in myeloma Data from three large controlled clinical trials investigating use of lenalidomide in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma have recently shown a signal of an apparent […]
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. Asthma guideline 2011 revision The 2011 revision of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) management of asthma guideline is now available. There are updates to monitoring patients with asthma (section 2.6) and its […]
New prognostic model can predict survival in palliative care patients with advanced cancer
In a research paper published in the BMJ (25 August), UK researchers found that a cancer survival scale based on readily available clinical and laboratory variables, can reliably predict how long a cancer patient in palliative care will live. The research paper shows the development of two prognostic models, both of which are able to […]
Uganda urged to consider palliative care ‘an urgent humanitarian need’
With more than 200,000 Ugandans in need of palliative care and only 10 percent currently receiving it, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised an urgent increase in access to palliative care services for patients with life-threatening infections. WHO advisor on HIV/AIDS, Dr Innocent Nuwagira, speaking on behalf of the country representative Dr Joachim Saweka, […]
New deal needed for UK patients at end of life
In a report published this week, the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) calls for more open discussion on dying and death and greater accountability when end of life care falls below acceptable standards. ‘No Dress Rehearsals’, examines how end of life care is measuring up three years on from the publication of the government’s […]