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Palliative care is often thought of as care in the last days or hours of life but in reality it can be offered to anyone with a life limiting illness
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Tag: End Of Life Care
Academics hail impact of podcasts on global discussion of palliative care
A new study conducted by the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL) shows the positive impact and reach podcasts can have on palliative care globally. MCPCIL was formed in
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Glasgow academics develop Scotland-wide ‘atlas’ of palliative care services
Information on the breadth of Scotland’s palliative care has been brought together for the first time by a team of academics. Described as a “Scottish atlas”, it provides data on
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New ovarian cancer test tells how long patients are likely to live
A new computer test is helping doctors work out how long women with advanced ovarian cancer may survive. The test, developed by experts at the Institute of Cancer Research in
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Death and dying explored at major social work conference
An understanding of death is at the heart of social work practice through direct interaction with the dying and their families, encountering bereaved service users, and with the risk of
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Doctors ‘routinely wrong’ with predictions for when terminally ill will die
Doctors often get it wrong when predicting how long terminally ill people have left to live, new research suggests. A review of more than 4,600 medical notes where doctors predicted
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Marie Curie report calls for palliative care to be offered to more elderly patients
Greater effort should be made to introduce palliative care options to elderly patients who often miss out on such services, according to a new report. Those aged 70 and over
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Sue Ryder call for improved support for end of life care in Scotland
Significant effort needs to be made to improve out-of-hours support for people who are dying and their families in Scotland. A Freedom of Information request made by Sue Ryder revealed
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People diagnosed with cancer twice as likely to live at least 10 years, Macmillan
People are twice as likely to live at least 10 years after being diagnosed with cancer than they were at the start of the 1970s, new research shows. More than
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Webwatch: Launch of Measures for Person Centred Coordinated Care
The first free and openly-available comprehensive data resource for international measures relating to patient experience and person centred care has been launched, providing a ‘one-stop’ website for commissioners, health managers,
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