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• The Word Cancer Why Are We Shocked

  
  King Valley to Euroa Online — Authority: 111
  Hi everyone I am about to embark on a subject that may be a little controversial. The seed of the subject was sown by a response to my last post “The me I used to Know” I pondered long and hard over the thrust of the response of which I did not disagree but rather [...]
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• Honor the Human-Animal Bond at the End of Life

  
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  One of the benefits of writing blogs is the opportunity to meet interesting and caring people.  Valarie Hajek Adams, from Stevens Point, WI is one of those people. She first responded to our blog on “Are You Suffering from Compassion Fatigue,”  which we  followed with “ Solutions to “Compassion Fatigue in ...
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• Death and Dying

  
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  From a clinical point of understanding, “death” means the organism ceases to function, that is, the person who has died has lost the capacity to breathe and to absorb a spontaneous heartbeat. Death is an unwanted event for most people; however, it is also an inevitable event. Some people will die at a sudden and ...
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• Dying from Dementia -- Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary

  
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  This discussion and research on Dying with Dementia and the unnecessary care that often accompanies the late stages has me thinking of our own future with Alzheimers disease.... Alzheimers Reading Room Octiober, 2009 Since individuals with advanced dementia cannot report their symptoms, these ...
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• RIVERSIDE: Charles McCammon Jr. M.D. Joins Visiting Nurse Association Medical Leadership to Advocate for Palliative Care

  
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  Charles McCammon Jr. M.D. Joins Visiting Nurse Association Medical Leadership to Advocate for Palliative Care   Riverside, CA  – Charles McCammon, Jr. M.D. has joined the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of the Inland Counties as Medical Director. Dr. McCammon brings rich experience in Family Practice, ...
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• Improving Cancer Patients Quality Of Life By A Nurse Practitioner-Driven Palliative Care Intervention

  
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  Recent studies have shown that palliative care interventions aimed at addressing patients emotional, spiritual and social needs have a significant impact on cancer patients quality of life and may even improve cancer patients overall survival. Despite this, most cancer patients being cared for in their communities do ...
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• How we deliver bad news is critical to how families deal with grief

  
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  As a cardiac electrophysiologist, I have had to discuss bad news with patients and families more times than I would like during my career.  How a physician goes about this process can make an enormous impact in the lives of those affected by the news that must be delivered. Precious little time is devoted to ...
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• His father’s suffering had already been too great

  
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  He looked dead. The paramedics brought him down the hall toward one of my critical care beds, and for a moment I thought the patient was dead. He was nearly the same color as the pale sheet covering his thin frame. His cheeks were sunken in and his eyes were gazing upward, in what I sometimes call the “death ...
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• EMA February 2012

  
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  Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog EMA February 2012 Short editorial snippets from  Vol. 24 Issue 1  of Emergency Medicine Australasia published online on 9 February 2012. CT Pan-scan Asha and colleagues from the University of New South Wales report on a large cohort study comparing radiation exposure ...
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• How death can be a beautiful experience

  
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  I was honored to be part of a beautiful experience in late January of 2011. It was the death of my mother-in-law at the direction of Trinity Hospice in Aiken, SC. Having never thought I would describe death as beautiful the word choice comes as a surprise even to me, a Sagittarius and straight shooter, and in ...
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• Improving Palliative Care For Heart Failure Patients

  
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  Palliative care for cancer patients in the UK is well established - but the situation is starkly different for those suffering from heart failure. A recent service evaluation led by the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School (HYMS) shows this doesnt have to be the case - particularly if clinicians have the ...
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• New York judge writes impassioned defense of medical marijuana

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk New York judge writes impassioned defense of medical marijuana In a New York Times opinion piece, a sitting state supreme court judge writes of his cancer and the palliative drug he depends onA New York State supreme court judge has written an impassioned plea to legalize medical ...
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• Palliative Care London

  
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  Ana Nursing - Nursing Home with Palliative Care and End of Life Care Hospital for the Quality Disabled and Elderly in London, UK - Residential Care Homes service for Dementia, Live in Care, Residential Nursing and Respite Care Assistants in London, UK. View and Vote
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• Palliative Care London

  
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  Ana Nursing - Nursing Home with Palliative Care and End of Life Care Hospital for the Quality Disabled and Elderly in London, UK - Residential Care Homes service for Dementia, Live in Care, Residential Nursing and Respite Care Assistants in London, UK. View and Vote
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• What is a good death? Ritual, whether religious or not, still counts | Matthew Engelke

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk What is a good death? Ritual, whether religious or not, still counts | Matthew Engelke ‘Capturing the person’ at funerals is a distinctly modern concern – traditionally the ritual has focused on the bigger pictureToday marks the start of “Dying Matters Awareness Week”, ...
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• National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine 2012-2013

  
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  National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine 2012-2013 Applications invited for a 1-year Distance learning academic program leading to a National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine. Contact sessions and clinical training to be held at * Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut  * Christian Medical College ...
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• The Fellowship Match: Geriatrics Is In, Palliative Care is Still Out

  
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  The biggest announcement so far at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting is that Geriatrics will be entering into the fellowship match for the 2014 academic year! This is huge news for geriatrics and should serve as a push for Hospice and Palliative Medicine to get out of the position of being the last ...
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• ‘Doctors want to cure’ patients, not tell them they’re dying

  
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  Amy Berman was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer when she was 51. In an essay for Health Affairs and The Washington Post, the former nurse reflects on her decision to pursue palliative care, after doctors initially steered her towards more aggressive treatment: I realize that doctors want to cure, to save ...
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• Terminal breast cancer leads woman to pick palliative care, not aggressive therapy

  
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  The day I found out that I was terminally ill, it was misty, just barely raining, appropriately gray and damp. I was 51 years old. My life was normal — wonderful, in fact. My mother and I, both in our raincoats, both carrying umbrellas, were walking down a city sidewalk miles from home when my cellphone rang. It ...
  4 weeks ago

• Recession heralds dawn of the charity superstore as families buy second-hand clothes instead of high street labels

  
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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk Recession heralds dawn of the charity superstore as families buy second-hand clothes instead of high street labels The Sue Ryder organisation, which provides palliative care in communities, has opened a 2,965sq ft store in King’s Lynn (pictured) which took more than £2,100 on ...
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