Compassionate communities – a modern form of organising palliative care

Issues in palliative care for Indigenous communities.

All Indigenous communities in Australia have a common heritage of loss. Indigenous death rates are much higher than those for white Australians. Indigenous people use healthcare services reluctantly, and palliative care services rarely. Cultural considerations that need to be respected include Indigenous understandings of disease causation, attributions of blame for sickness, the performance of...

Palliative Care, Cancer and Minority Ethnic Communities

Compassionate Care

What does Islam have to offer health-care ethics that cannot be found elsewhere? I do not mean to suggest that there is only one answer to this question, because there are many. However, I will focus on the elevated status of the patient as the recipient of compassionate care. Today, the primary medical ethical issue is no longer a quandary such as “Should we withdraw artificial nutrition and h...

Palliative Care Declarations: Mapping a New Form of Intervention

To the Editor: It is 21 years since the JPSM published the Declaration of Florian opolis, drawing attention to the need for improved access to pain and palliative care services in Latin America. In the intervening years, there has been a growing tendency for palliative care associations and organizations to issue formal public statements of this type. Declarations have become part of the intern...

Compassionate Person-Centered Care for the Dying: An Evidence-Based Palliative Care Guide for Nurses.

Key features: Provides nurses with a clear understanding of the most common needs of the dying and supplies practical applications to facilitate and improve care Clarifies the current and often complex literature on care of the dying Includes case studies illustrating the most common needs of dying patients and how these are addressed effectively by the CARES tool Based on extensive evidence as...