End of life > Palliative care

Australia: Study highlights impact of euthanasia on palliative care

Author / Source : EIB Published on : 25/09/2024 Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 2 min.

Palliative care aims to relieve pain, alleviate mental, psychological, existential or spiritual suffering, safeguard the dignity of the sick person until their natural death and support those around them. The study began by analysing the impact of requests for euthanasia on overall patient care, noting that requests for information about euthanasia could sometimes divert patients and carers from the usual discussions about how to improve quality of life. However, when the patient's...

“End of life stories” to prepare for death: the Amfora association renews the approach to palliative care

Author / Source : IEB Published on : 02/04/2024 Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 1 min.

To develop this proposal, the Amfora association organises training courses for palliative care networks, care for the elderly and institutions for the disabled, to help them conduct and develop end-of-life interviews. Amfora also works with the Samana association, to train their volunteers to work with people at the end of their lives. These interviews are an original and creative way of developing the fourth pillar of palliative care, which aims to meet patients' spiritual and existential...