Providing naloxone to illicit drug users has been successfully used to reduce risk in this population for about 20 years and is increasingly being used as a risk mitigation strategy in patients on opioids for chronic pain.
via Take-home naloxone expands to chronic pain patients on opioids : Family Practice News.
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September 2012, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton visited Hospis Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur and gave her first speech overseas to lend support to the development of paediatric palliative care here in Malaysia. Dr Chong Lee Ai reports on the progress made since that visit and the recent training in paediatric palliative care held in Malaysia.
via Paediatric palliative care forges ahead in Malaysia since royal visit in 2012 | ICPCN.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1004 (Hernandez), paving the way for Medi-Cal to establish palliative care standards and provide technical assistance to Medi-Cal managed care plans on the authorization and delivery of palliative care services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries of all ages.
via Governor Brown Signs SB1004 | Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition.
UNICEF and Save the Children report that thousands of children are dying or being left orphaned as a result of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Resources are needed and new and creative ways to deal with this crises need to be found.
via When comforting a child is a potential death sentence | ICPCN.
Cambia Health Foundation recognized 10 promising palliative care physicians and nurses with the Sojourns Scholars Leadership Award in October.
To acknowledge World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on 11 October, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) are delighted to present current developments in hospice and palliative care in Taiwan during the coming week.
via Bridging the international gap through modern technology – Taiwan Research Network | EAPC Blog.
“If you don’t want to deal with death and dying, then you need to quit medicine now and become an accountant…because this is what we have signed up for and we’ve got to do a better job at it.”
via Counsel: Quit Medicine and Become an Accountant, By Monica Williams-Murphy, MD | It’s OK to Die.
