NEWS & ARTICLES FROM LIFE & DEATH MATTERS
This spring I attended the Ontario Association of Career Colleges conference in Windsor. I arranged ahead of time to meet a few of the local
Pat Porterfield, one of Canada’s great hospice palliative care nurses once said that “if 75% of palliative care is about communication, then 75% of the
In a recent article “The Critical Role of Caregivers in Achieving Patient-Centered Care” author Gillick writes: For caregivers (family caregivers) to make patient-centered care a
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) was developed in Britain in the late 1990s to help ensure the dying receive excellent care no matter where they
Pain Management and Palliative Care for Mesothelioma Patients (Guest post by Faith Franz, researcher and writer for The Mesothelioma Center) After attempting to control the
Palliative care not only not only improves quality of life, but it also extends life. Liz Szabo in US Today provides a nice summary of
Bronnie Ware, a hospice palliative care nurse from Australia, shares what she has heard her patients say. According to an article in The Guardian “she
Dying is hard. Even for Nelson Mandela. As I listen to the varied reports about Nelson Mandela’s declining health, I consider the challenges of dying
Mark Forsythe host of CBC BC Almanac interviewed Peter Kirk this afternoon. Peter defined Palliative Care as a philosophy, and how that philosophy of care
In Nov 2012 I had the privilege of speaking at the Manitoba Alzheimer’s Conference. I spoke in a large gym. Tables and chairs were set
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