Palliative Care

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30
Sep
2016

Esther Clift’s African Blog Series, part 3: 'Palliative care'

In the third part of a four part BGS blog series about her time in Africa, Esther Clift reflects on the scourge of Aids and the avialability of palliative care and how it compares with our own NHS.
05
Sep
2016

Palliative care for frail older people: what, when and how?

In the minds of many, palliative care is synonymous with cancer and end of life. This is unsurprising, as it is within this context that palliative care has developed. The goal of palliative care is to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life of people with life threatening illness.