How do you cope with being told you’ve got a terminal illness? The family of the magician Paul Daniels have revealed that he has terminal cancer. How do you cope with the news that you – or someone you’re close to – has got a terminal illness? The President of the Association for Palliative Medicine,…
A thank you letter to David Bowie from a palliative care doctor Written by Dr Mark Taubert Link to the letter featured in the BMJ blog: David Bowie: Son Duncan Jones shares powerful open letter from palliative care doctor following singer’s death:
End-of-life guidelines are only the first step Click here to see letter written by Dr David Brooks and Prof Rob George Published in The Times Thursday December 17 2015
Professor Rob George on BBC Victoria Derbyshire [00.56.00] http://bbc.in/1Qsduk6
Care of dying adults in the last days of life NICE guidelines Published date: 16 December 2015 This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of…
Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LE The Royal College of Physicians and Marie Curie has pleasure in inviting you to a lecture by Andrew McDonald with Jeremy Vine and Chris Mohr. The lecture explores, from a personal perspective, the importance of communication in the relationship between doctor and patient. Monday…
How to be calm about dying David Schneider talks to Palliative Care consultant Kathryn Mannix about the process of dying, and how by accepting and understanding you can experience a ‘good death’. First broadcast on One to One, 9 November 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037lkp0
What’s new in e-ELCA? e-ELCA has been recommended as part of a blended learning approach by the ‘Training and Education in End of Life Care’ report, commissioned by HEE to review the efficacy of existing education and training resources on end of life care. Take a look at the new Making the most of e-ELCA…
Making UK a better place to die: Patients in their final days present a unique challenge to carers and hospices http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/making-britain-a-better-place-to-die-patients-in-their-final-days-present-a-unique-challenge-to-a6723246.html
Marie Curie is releasing a YouGov survey which shows that the over 50s are concerned about end of life care in the UK. The findings coincide with the release of ‘The way we die now’, a collection of personal stories which feature the open and frank personal accounts of people affected by terminal illness across…