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A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care

EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

The theme of the seminar ‘A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care’ is highly relevant as 2023 marks 75 years since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nationals General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.

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Discrimination Fears Deter LGBTQ+ Patients From Advance Care Planning

Hospice News

Cultivating understanding of patients’ life experiences and developing effective communication skills can be a life-long learning process, rather than a status one achieves by taking a class or seminar. Formerly the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, VNS Health recently rebranded as it expanded geographic reach across the Empire State.

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Care Dimensions CEO: New Hospice Clinicians Seek Mentorship

Hospice News

It really came out of the need for education around end of life and serious illness and just caregiver support. It was very much centered around Massachusetts, but we now have people in other parts of the country attending webinars, seminars and teaching programs. A few years ago Care Dimensions launched a Learning Institute.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. Exploring the Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care: Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Seminar of Experts. J Palliat Med. The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. 2021;24(10):1430-1435.