Death frightens everyone, even caregivers who react too often to the flight.
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. [...]
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“Increase the capacity of palliative care.
Euthanasia is no longer a taboo. Not even in palliative care. In fact, the two are closely intertwined. Link: [...]
Palliative care will no longer be limited to patients at the end of their lives.
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 [...]
Family members more involved in end-of-life dementia
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 [...]
Care in the last phase of life requires a clearer treatment perspective
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 [...]
The CHC has launched its new palliative care service.
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 [...]
DG Hospitals want to be involved
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 [...]
What the living can learn from the dying.
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 [...]
Doctors do too much in the final stages of patients’ lives
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 [...]
Hugo de Jonge: ‘Talk about the end of your life’.
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 [...]