Florence Nightingale and International Nurses Day Nurses make up the majority of the health care workforce and as such are at the frontline in caring for the sick and dying, never more so than in caring for people during... Read more... 12/05/2020 | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: International Year of Nurses and Midwife Views: 1254
The COVID-19 pandemic: what communities living through humanitarian crisis can teach... COVID-19 presents an important opportunity to raise the urgency of palliative care in humanitarian emergencies. Rachel Coghlan, PhD candidate at the Centre for Humanitarian... Read more... 6/05/2020 | COVID-19 Tags: Person-centred care Views: 946
The dilemma of being a mere mortal COVID-19 is changing how we make decisions, plan for an unknown future, and respond to global changes beyond our control. Judith Lesson AM shares her views on the pandemic, and... Read more... 30/04/2020 | Health Professionals | COVID-19 Tags: Evidence-based palliative care Views: 1214
Diversity considerations for advance care planning Everyone should consider an advance care plan (ACP), however, ACP is a concept based on Western principles of self-determination, patient autonomy, informed consent and... Read more... 21/04/2020 | Community | Diverse Communities Tags: Advance care planning Views: 1509