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Dying care: ‘Improved’ guidelines proposed By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter 29 July 2015 From the section Health England’s health watchdog has put forward new draft guidance to improve the care of adults in their last few days of life. It comes...

Background: Vicarious exposure to trauma is ubiquitous in palliative medicine. Repeated exposure to trauma may contribute to compassion fatigue and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in medical and supportive care professionals such as physicians...

The first thing oncology nurse Pete Linkroum, Nurs '15, always asks his patients: "How are you doing?" "I'm killin' it," replied a new patient one day, a young girl. "Killin' it?" Linkroum echoed. "Yeah—I'm killin' it, because otherwise, it's killin...

HIQA have published standards relating to the ‘end of life’ care for people with disabilities. The findings were then grouped into four main categories; physical, emotional, social and spiritual. Introduction Ireland’s independent health safety, quality...

When Julianne Moore (pictured) or Eddie Redmayne find their expected Oscar acceptance speeches without ceasing Sunday night, they ought to christen for more research into the exercise of cannabis for the diseases that resulted in their allot-worthy roles...