The EAPC has just announced the start of their new blog.
The blog’s main aim is to foster communication between its members, but it also promises to explore and share different cultures and models of care
Judging from its first posts – concerning Albanian and Armenian practitioners’ opinions of a palliative care leadership course – it could prove interesting.
Let us know what you think about the blog
Posted in End of life care, Professional network, Resource
Tagged Communication, End of life care, Europe, Experiences, palliative care
The following part-time post from the University of Cambridge may be of interest for an early stage researcher:
The research project, led by Dr Gail Ewing at the Centre for Family Research, concerns the communication of cancer diagnoses.
Candidates should ideally have a PhD in cancer or palliative care research and experience in qualitative and quantitative methods.
More information can be found on the following link.
Frances Norwood’s book ’The Maintenance of Life: Preventing Social Death through Euthanasia Talk and End- of-Life Care – Lessons from the Netherlands’ provides an in-depth look into end-of-life care in the Netherlands and how legal euthanasia has helped to shape this landscape.
The book draws on 15 months of qualitative data including direct observation and in-depth interviews with general practitioners, end-of-life patients and their family members.
Norwood argues that conversations concerning euthanasia rarely culminate in a euthanasia death. Furthermore, these discussions open up a more general discussion about end-of-life between patients, their families and healthcare professionals. They can provide a space for patients to talk about their suffering, reaffirming social bonds and self-identity, helping to prevent “social death.”
Norwood examines how the euthanasia policy in the Netherlands has shaped the experience of patients at the end-of-life and how this compares with the situation in the United States.
Reviewer – Erin VW Andrew
Posted in End of life care, Resource
Tagged Communication, Decision-making, End of life care, Europe, Euthanasia, Legal issues, resource, The Netherlands
In response to popular demand we have uploaded the presentations made by both members of our team and external experts at various conferences.
International Meeting on Culture and End of Life Care
Vic, Spain, 17-18 May 2010
17th May
WP1 Work
Key cultural issues in end-of-life care in three Mediterranean countries
Culture in Different Settings
Culture in Different Settings: Priorities from a UK perspective
Culture in different settings: Priorities from a Belgian perspective
Culture in different setting: Priorities from a Norway perspective
18th May
Spirituality in End of Life Care
Spirituality in End of Life Care
Conscientious objections: a neglected topic in culture and end end-of of-life care
Dignity
End of Life Decision Making
End-of-life decisions in Belgium: Attitudes and practices
Practices and attitudes regarding end-of-life decisions in Spain
Communication
End of life Cultural, Social, Ethical, Legal perspectives
Telling the truth or conserving hope? An Italian deep-rooted contradiction
Cultural Competency and Minority Ethnic Groups
Cultural Vulnerability, Care and Ethics
11th Congress of the EAPC
Vienna, Austria, 7-10 May 2009
What does culture mean? An analysis of the role of culture in Spanish end- of-life care literature
Posted in Conference, End of life care, Resource
Tagged anthropology, Belgium, Communication, Conference, cultural competency, Decision-making, Dignity, Italy, Measurements, Norway, PRISMA, Spain, Spirituality, United Kingdom
