BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

After moving from Seattle to Dallas in 2015 to teach at Southern Methodist University, I decided to do something, well, important with some leftover funds. With a history of searing headaches, I ...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/04/17/stories-worth-telling-stories-worth-hearing-the-pursuit-of-life-the-promise-and-challenge-of-palliative-care-penn-state-press-2023/

By James Norris, founder of MyWishes Mount Vernon Hospital, Gate 3, Michael Sobell Hospice, Palliative Care Department, Northwood On the 8th May the first national Advance Care Planning day wil...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/04/09/a-national-day-highlighting-the-importance-of-advance-care-planning/

By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 People are our sunrise and su...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/28/preparing-for-the-apocalypse/

Author Details Laura Ellis-Lane  B.Sc. Physiotherapy; M.Sc. Advanced Clinical Practice; PGC Falls and Osteoporosis; Professional Doctorate Candidate. Consultant Therapist – Frailty / Older Peo...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/20/a-different-approach-to-advance-future-care-planning-dnacpr-conversations-for-older-people-living-with-frailty-a-quality-improvement-project-for-nhs-wales-advance-future-care-planning/

By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 In this special edition we ar...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/05/the-palliative-times-special-investigation-in-to-predatory-conferences/

Authors: Jasmine Reeve-Foster Jasmine is a final year undergraduate medical student currently intercalating in Psychology and Medicine iBSc at Cardiff University Dr. Siwan Seaman is Medical Direc...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/04/what-matters-most-cause-preferred-and-actual-location-of-death-for-mnd-patients-in-south-wales-by-dr-siwan-seaman-and-jasmine-reeve-foster/

The International Research Society of the Sapporo Conference for Palliative & Supportive Care in Cancer (IRS-SCPSC) newsletter is usually published quarterly. Each year, Higashi Sapporo Hospital,...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/02/15/irs-scpsc-newsletter-new-year-special-issue/

Mike Stone Retired Non Clinical Private Individual  Michael H Stone   I was recently reflecting on how the UK Mental Capacity Act (MCA)  has changed the way we approach decision making. I say ...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/02/01/best-interests-a-term-that-covers-many-concepts/

The following is from the Winter issue of the International Research Society of the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer Newsletter that was published in December 2022 ...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/01/29/irs-scpsc-newsletter-winter-2023-2024/

By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 I watched you get cancer, And...

https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/01/12/make-a-wish/