News, July 2012
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- This textbook is the first definitive textbook on the subject of paediatric palliative care. It identifies the medical, psychological, practical, and spiritual issues of caring for terminally ill children and their families and promotes a model of care that addresses the complex and multifaceted needs of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, the first children’s hospice in the Middle East, is seeking a full time Medical Director and Head of Care.
Presentations from the June, Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care Meetings that took place in Kampala have been posted on the Fund’s website.
The Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) / World Health Organization Collaborating Center is very pleased to announce the selection of ten Fellows for its Cohort III International Pain Policy Fellowship (IPPF) program.
Launching in October, ehospice is a free website and app that will bring you real time international news and intelligence on hospice, palliative and end of life care – delivered by regional and national hospice and palliative care organisations worldwide.
In the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of the mother dying, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows.
Young people with palliative care needs from all over the country travelled to London to take part in two days of events at which they met with ministers and health and social care professionals to tell them how the system is failing them just when time is most precious to them.
