Dr. Lebecq, a general practitioner, talks about the experiences of the past thirty years at their bedside. “One day we’ll all have a date with death.” Dr. [...]
On Thursday, in plenary, Parliament unanimously adopted a bill that broadens the definition of palliative care so that it is no longer limited to the end of a patient’s [...]
Over the past twenty years, the way in which people with advanced dementia die appears to have changed somewhat. The researchers have found that family members are more often [...]
In order to provide care that meets the needs of the patient in the final phase of his or her life, it is necessary to explore his or her personal wishes and preferences in [...]
On Thursday 28 May, the CHC inaugurated the new facilities of the palliative care department of the Notre-Dame d’Hermalle-sous-Argenteau clinic. This is the culmination [...]
The two East Belgian hospitals, the Eupener St. Nikolaus Hospital and the St. Josef Clinic in St. Josef in St. Vith, are central players in the field of healthcare in the [...]
We all have a so-called bucket list, the things we want to do before we come to go. But do we really want to make another parachute jump, or write a book, or travel the world [...]
Patients in the Netherlands receive numerous unnecessary medical interventions in the final phase of their lives. They take medication that no longer has any meaning and [...]
Earlier starting the conversation about the end of your life: Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health insists on a new campaign. It often happens too late and too often it [...]
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