Narcotics for palliative care are in principle parked in a “suitcase” at the pharmacy with guard duty. In this way, every terminal patient who has an acute need [...]
In an attempt to define the elements needed for “good death,” American doctors note that patients, families, and caregivers do not always agree. Link: [...]
Despite the growing number of studies showing that palliative care improves patients’ quality of life, the Federal Public Service in charge of evaluating palliative [...]
On the occasion of the World Hospice Palliative Care Day, professionals and members of associations are launching the “Rethinking Palliative Care Together” [...]
Half of the palliative cancer patients still go through medical tests in the last month of their lives. A third of them will be admitted to the emergency department during [...]
A study by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and UGent shows that patients who are ill are referred to palliative care very late. Half of the people with chronic and progressive [...]
Following the publication in the previous issue of the Palliative Medicine of a Commission dossier on palliative care units, it is now the turn of the Commission for the [...]
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