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Biggar on Intentional Medical Killing

McDonald Centre wrote 1 week ago: The question before us is whether the law should permit doctors to help patients kill themselves, or … more →

Tags: Article, autonomy, Biggar, end of life, euthanasia, Pas, physician-assisted suicide

New Guide Sets the Baseline for a Quality End of Life Care Workforce

sjennings29 wrote 2 weeks ago: Common core competences and principles for health and social care workers working with adults at the … more →

Tags: palliative care, Health Care, Social Care, Compétences, elderly, Tools, End of Life Care

And Now For Something Completely Relevant

thezenafile wrote 1 month ago: In these days of news reports produced less to inform than to get eyeballs glued to the screen, it s … more →

Tags: World, Foe Pa, Comedy, News, swine flu, hype, troubled times, Sarah Palin, Tina Fey

Life, resuscitation, and the pursuit of dignity2 comments

jaotte wrote 1 month ago: Tomorrow is my last day of my ICU rotation. I was afraid in the past of undertaking such a rotation … more →

Tags: Life, Patient Encounters, School, compassion, death, delivering bad news, Dignity, dnar, DNR

Just 'BE'.3 comments

writingfromthehomefront wrote 2 months ago: I now know full-heartedly why I was going through so much emotional pain last week and why I felt su … more →

Tags: The Life of a Military Spouse., Family, Friends, military, Support, deployment, Children, anxiety, Stress

End-of-life care: making links with dementia care

sjennings29 wrote 2 months ago: End-of-life care: making links with dementia care, Pauline Newson , Nursing & Residential Care, … more →

Tags: dementia, palliative care, Carers, Care Assistants

Liverpool care pathway carers survey - End of life care delivered via the LCP

sjennings29 wrote 2 months ago: Liverpool care pathway carers survey, Palliative Medicine,  Sep 01, 2009; 23: 571-572 A Mullick, T B … more →

Tags: dementia, palliative care, Carers, End of Life Care, LCP, liverpool care tool

End of life care for community dwelling older people with dementia

sjennings29 wrote 2 months ago: End of life care for community dwelling older people with dementia: an integrated review, Internatio … more →

Tags: dementia, Alzheimer's, palliative care, Support, care homes, Community, elderly, Review, end of life

Are the terminally ill too expensive?

Naseem wrote 2 months ago: It is alarming to read. “The SUPPORT investigators found that despite an intervention designed … more →

Tags: No shrinking, america, health, NHS

Palliative

Tench Ringgold wrote 3 months ago: This word comes from yesterday’s New York Times in an article by the journalist Anemona Hartoc … more →

Tags: New York Times, Health Care Debate, Anemona Hartocollis, End of Life Care, Sarah Palin, death panels, palliare

A time to live and a time to die: palliative care in dementia

sjennings29 wrote 3 months ago: A time to live and a time to die: palliative care in dementia, Linda Nazarko Nursing & Residenti … more →

Tags: dementia, Alzheimer's, palliative care, Nursing, care, elderly, Dignity

Death is not the enemy, but it's pretty scary anyway.1 comment

jaotte wrote 3 months ago: I had a rough weekend on “house call,” being called regarding concerns for inpatients of … more →

Tags: Patient Encounters, Life, Medicine, Health Care, Personal, death, Reflection, spirituality, Dying

Obamacare - Go to hospice

crstjohn81 wrote 4 months ago: Pres. Anti-Life (paraphrase): “Patients in what is assumed to be their last year of life will cost m … more →

Tags: Obamacare, Healthcare, Socialism, universal healthcare, Hospice, end of life

swimming in the borderlands of knowledge

thephoenixinthecompost wrote 7 months ago: with an aggressive brain tumour – I have neurosurgeon, a …, a radiologist, 2 medical oncologis … more →

Tags: palliative care, Narrative, Illness

My mind has boggled6 comments

magnumlady wrote 8 months ago: I will be delighted to see the back of this day/week/month/year…..I’m starting to wonder … more →

Tags: dad, deteriorating, renal dialysis, Anti-Depressants, Nurse

End Of Life

mik9dt wrote 11 months ago: Gold Standards Framework Arthur Rank House End of Life Care … more →

Tags: End-of-Life Nursing, end of life

More on Health Care and the Recession1 comment

Rob Coppedge wrote 1 year ago: Based on my post the other day, I’ve gotten a few messages asking about which health care sect … more →

Tags: Disease Management, Economy

Adapting to new ways2 comments

Greg Naylor wrote 1 year ago: Click image for Border Mail background story ... Weekly update letter Dear family and friends So muc … more →

Tags: Medical, Personal, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Links, palliative care, bone cancer

Crying with prostate cancer14 comments

Greg Naylor wrote 1 year ago: Click image for Border Mail background story ... Weekly update letter Dear family and friends Living … more →

Tags: Medical, Personal, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Links, bone cancer, sarcoma, palliative care


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