Love overdose – a family story from Thailand
Written By: Dr Tharin Phenwan, APHN member Dr Tharin Phenwan, coordinator of the Pal2know project, writes for ehospice about a palliative care patient whose family’s love and concern made it difficult...
View ArticleAunt Jaew’s last mission – a story of forgiveness from Thailand
Written by: Sutera Pimrose, APHN member Sutera Pimrose, palliative care nurse at Karunruk Palliative Care Center, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, shares a...
View ArticleTruly Happy
Written By Alvin Tng, Year Two Internal Medicine Resident, SingHealth Residency, Singapore *All names have been changed to protect the privacy of the patient and family. “No, I don’t want anymore...
View ArticleWhy Now? – The Increased Need For Palliative Care In Modern Society
Written by Helen Topping Any compassionate society has always felt the need to make people as comfortable as possible as their lives draw to a close. Our society is no exception, and the concept of our...
View ArticleInterview with a Singaporean Hospice Nurse, Pamela
We conducted an interview with a Singaporean nurse from Dover Park Hospice, Pamela, about her work experience. Read her experience on being a hospice nurse in Singapore here..
View ArticlePalliative Care service starts in Myanmar
By Dr Wah Wah Myint Zu, Palliative Care Clinic, Yangon General Hospital 13 August 2015 was the opening ceremony of the first Palliative Care Clinic in Myanmar, based at the main general hospital,...
View ArticleVideo on Cancer Care Hospice in Kirundankulama, Anuradhapura
Written by: APHN Editorial Team – Cancer Care Association Sri Lanka In commemoration of the World Hospice Day, the Cancer Care Association Sri Lanka (CCASL) has released a video about the their Cancer...
View ArticleBeautiful, painful, miraculous love
This article is reproduced with the kind permission of Butterfly Children’s Hospices It's been a hard few days at our Home. Hearts are not just broken, they are battered and torn into shreds. In 24...
View ArticleBreakfast with Prof Cynthia Goh – A voice for the dying
This article is reproduced with the kind permission of HCA Hospice Care Prof Cynthia Goh, Senior Consultant of Palliative Medicine at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), is one of the pioneers...
View ArticleA summary of good reads over the weekend
Dear friends, our office will be closed from 6 February till 9 February in lieu of the Lunar New Year Public Holiday in Singapore. There will be no postings on the website during this period. Here’s a...
View ArticleLCPC Myanmar Module 6: It is not the last …………….. It is the beginning
Written by: Dr Wah Wah Myint Zu, Radiation Oncologist, Radiotherapy Department, Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar Our last module of the Training-of-Trainers in Palliative Care Program for Myanmar is...
View ArticleTea time worthy articles for reading and discussion
Dear friends, We will like to share with you some good reads that we have picked up last week. Do take a look at them! Assessing and managing chronic breathlessness by Prof David Currow (Australia) How...
View ArticlePeople in pain – calling for improved global access to controlled medications
This article originally appeared in ehospice Mrs Thakur* went to a government hospital with an 8cm cancerous lump in her breast. The doctor she saw told her the cancer was too advanced and sent her...
View ArticleStory about Paediatric Palliative Care shared on China television programme
Republished with permission from Butterfly Children’s Hospice, China Community Hero is a CCTV documentary program, which supports public welfare projects and promotes community action. As a nominee,...
View ArticleUsing morphine to stay alive
From Pallium India Newsletter Zubair had intolerable pain from what had been diagnosed as giant cell tumor. 3 step-wise amputations later, he was in agonising pain – like needles being stabbed into him...
View ArticleFinding hope on the edge of life
The New Paper – Singapore | Take a step into the lives of four people. A woman with a degenerative condition, a young man stuck with stage four cancer, a nurse and a medical social worker who help the...
View ArticleA Changing Force in My Life
Monika Ahuja was diagnosed with a sarcoma of the left leg that eventually metastasized to the lungs and brain. Eventually as the truth unfolded to her that life is limited, she was unable to discuss...
View ArticleCaring for the Terminally Ill and Those in Pain
“A study published in 2014 found that one third of the doctors in UP had not heard of palliative care.” Share this now to spread the word about palliative care! Today, medicine focuses on the disease...
View ArticleVideo builds carer confidence in giving injectable medications
From Palliative Matters Dear friends, a video designed for carers looking after someone at the end of life who may need to administer medication to control symptoms such as pain, nausea, vomiting,...
View ArticlePractical ways to help people who are dying
From PCAeNews “Support is ongoing, it’s not just the beginning and the end, it’s all the days in between.” Gayle Sweaney, the chief executive officer of Palliative Care ACT, says the group is going to...
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