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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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It began as the Foundation for Hospices in sub-Saharan Africa, a not-for-profit based out of New York, following a professional seminar tour of hospices in Zimbabwe and South Africa by U.S. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC. hospice leaders. So, these U.S.

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Discrimination Fears Deter LGBTQ+ Patients From Advance Care Planning

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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. 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

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That helps relieve some of the work that we put on our nurses and social workers. It was very much centered around Massachusetts, but we now have people in other parts of the country attending webinars, seminars and teaching programs. She is an instructor for physicians in the Harvard Palliative Care Medicine Fellowship Program.

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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.