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Palliative Care

Q&As, articles and news about palliative care, the medical speciality that treats physical, emotional, social, and spiritual pain to achieve the best possible quality of life for patients and their families

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  • Webinar: disability, medicine and euthanasiaWebinar: disability, medicine and euthanasia
  • Activists push 'all-or-nothing' advance decisionsActivists push 'all-or-nothing' advance decisions
  • Pushback against 'shocking' blanket DNACPRsPushback against 'shocking' blanket DNACPRs
  • Staffing main barrier to good EOLCStaffing main barrier to good EOLC
  • Fertile soil for assisted suicideFertile soil for assisted suicide
  • Many in the dark on end of lifeMany in the dark on end of life
  • World-leading EOLC under strainWorld-leading EOLC under strain
  • Press Release: BMA CANH guidancePress Release: BMA CANH guidance
  • Forced to chooseForced to choose
  • Courts consider food & fluidsCourts consider food & fluids
  • Dignified death? 82% say hospiceDignified death? 82% say hospice
  • Oncologist on Victoria billOncologist on Victoria bill
  • Chemo no, assisted suicide yesChemo no, assisted suicide yes
  • New guidance for last days' careNew guidance for last days' care
  • Doctor: in my experience...Doctor: in my experience...
  • MPs debate palliative careMPs debate palliative care
  • Peers allow Palliative Care BillPeers allow Palliative Care Bill
  • UK palliative care ranked #1UK palliative care ranked #1
  • HL Access to Palliative Care BillHL Access to Palliative Care Bill
  • Campaign graphics: context
  • Campaign graphics: quotes
  • MPs: up palliative care fundingMPs: up palliative care funding
  • Doctors: minority reportDoctors: minority report
  • Medication cuts could feed PASMedication cuts could feed PAS
  • Still crazy after all these yearsStill crazy after all these years
  • Doctors tell MPs: PAS not the wayDoctors tell MPs: PAS not the way
  • MND & hospice: did you know?MND & hospice: did you know?
  • Hospice: BBC drama's poor opinionHospice: BBC drama's poor opinion
  • Palliative care reality floodlitPalliative care reality floodlit
  • MPs report on end of life careMPs report on end of life care
  • Has medicine 'lost its way'?Has medicine 'lost its way'?
  • Carers' concerns revealedCarers' concerns revealed
  • Falconer Bill: prognosesFalconer Bill: prognoses
  • Hospice care: into the abyssHospice care: into the abyss
  • APM members' strong 'no' to LordsAPM members' strong 'no' to Lords
  • Palliative care: longer life?Palliative care: longer life?
  • Death With Dignity?Death With Dignity?
  • 'Let's be honest...
  • Choice in end of life careChoice in end of life care
  • Only 21% discuss end of life careOnly 21% discuss end of life care
  • Palliative Care Congress
  • Call the MidwifeCall the Midwife
  • Shaping 'Care of Dying People'Shaping 'Care of Dying People'
  • 'The only humane approach'
  • LCP: new leadership alliance
  • BMA affirms LCP
  • LCP Review: CNK respondsLCP Review: CNK responds
  • CQC issues LCP misuse statementCQC issues LCP misuse statement
  • Terminally ill doctor reviews LCP
  • Ministers back LCP investiation
  • Consensus statement signed
  • Debate at BMA meeting
  • Dying Well Conference
  • 4th National Conference
  • Continous Sedation
  • Liverpool Care PathwayLiverpool Care Pathway
  • Facing up to death
  • Suicide Bid CondemnedSuicide Bid Condemned
  • GMC Consultation
  • Doctors 'must root out bad care'
  • Care in the Community
  • What it means to be oldWhat it means to be old
  • Spiritual Care
  • Heal our Hospitals: Doctors now treat traumas caused by...
  • Elderly care homes in crisis
  • A golden opportunity
  • Reform of Palliative Care Services in Wales
  • A charter for what?
  • NHS proposes 'End of Life Strategy'
  • The Key Facts of the new 10-year 'End of...
  • Promise to improve care for dying
  • Hospital 'starved' elderly mother
  • Declared brain-dead, now holds job
  • Palliative Care Is The Area Of Health Care In...
  • PM Gordon Brown launches a new London Palliative Care...
  • Out of time
  • Book of Courage
  • Failed Funding
  • Mind the gap
  • Children's Palliative Care
  • Morphine kills the pain, not the patient
  • Dying on a Friday
  • End of life researchEnd of life research
  • Palliative Care Bill
  • Morphine kills pain not patients
  • Use of morphine
  • Opioid Use and Survival at the End of Life:...
  • Cambridgeshire hospice home care service faces closure
  • We need more care
  • Dying Well Group, House of Lords, 10 May 2006
  • Care for elderly still patchy
  • The facts behind morphine and palliative care
  • Dying from Motor Neurone Disease
  • A Layman's guide to Palliative Care
  • Pledge to end NHS elderly abuse
  • Elderly 'dying undignified death'
  • Basic elderly care 'must be free'
  • Health system 'neglects elderly'
  • Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End-of-Life Care
  • More home care needed
  • Jim Dobbin Speech
  • WHO statement on Palliative Care
  • The facts behind morphine and palliative care
  • Dying from Motor Neurone Disease
  • Therapy for fatal nerve disease
  • Euthanasia 'extremely rare in UK'
  • Depressed killed
  • Care requests denied
  • A Tribute to Dame Cicely Saunders
  • Call for focus on palliative care
  • UK 'needs better palliative care'
  • Ageing population 'to strain NHS'
  • The Truth about Pain Control
  • Palliative Care for Children
  • Hospice Information
  • Hospice and palliative care worldwide
  • The dying deserve a voice before death
  • Spirituality and Terminal Illness
  • Minorities' terminal care studied
  • Elderly 'denied dignified death'
  • Hospice Charity calls on Government to provide greater resources...
  • Terminally ill denied last wishes
  • Hospices 'facing funding crisis'
  • GPs 'failing elderly patients'
  • Hospices 'failing to secure funding'
  • Hospices face financial crisis