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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Global Partners in Care became an affiliate of CHC in 2017, but the program’s roots were planted in 1999. hospice leaders.

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Discrimination Fears Deter LGBTQ+ Patients From Advance Care Planning

Hospice News

Even the phrase “cultural competence” itself may be an oversimplification, according to Joseph Bleiberg, lead licensed social worker with the hospice care team at VNS Health. All staff have ongoing training and workshops around cultural awareness and humility,” Bleiberg Hospice News.

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Oncology Nurses Offer Care and Compassion

Minority Nurse

Oncology nurses may also find they are drawn to helping cancer patients with hospice care to make them as comfortable as they can. Oncology nurses who have worked in cancer care and treatment have much-needed expertise to share with nursing students, colleagues, the public, and government officials.

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