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Palliative care research

Posted on February 1, 2013 by NU_admin

Guest post by Annmarie Hosie, who is a palliative care nurse currently undertaking a PhD in delirium in palliative care patients. She is seeking to do phone interviews with other palliative care nurses for her research. I am a palliative … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by NU_admin

“Heart rending”. – The Sunday Times, UK “I’ve just finished one of the most powerful books I’ve read this year. It’s by a wonderful woman named Bronnie Ware, and it focuses in on the actual voiced regrets of people she … Continue reading →

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Palliative care nursing and voluntary euthanasia: more choices for terminally ill.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by NU_admin

Legislative change could provide more end-of-life choices for the terminally ill. Dying With Dignity, a group founded in the 1970s, wants to legalise medically-assisted dying or Voluntary Euthanasia (VE) in New South Wales. It is currently an offence in NSW … Continue reading →

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Death and Palliative Care. How do you cope in the field of Nursing?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by emmalou

First of all let me say, I’m no expert. Most of us aren’t. Most of the skills we have surrounding death and dying are developed throughout our lives, we learn from our families, our teachers,  our friends and our community. … Continue reading →

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