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Palliative Care Grand Rounds: November 2009

Description:  This months Palliative Care Grand Rounds is out and hosted by Pallimed -- a Hospice and Palliative Medicine blog-- if you aren't familiar with Pallimed check it out, they always have great posts.  The format of this months blog review is a creative one- Pallimed designated awards to various palliative care blogs that they

“Living Old” – Frontline’s 2006 documentary on aging

Description:  "A powerful and intimate journey into the uncharted territory of Americans living longer than ever -- and what it means for them, their loved ones and our society."   PBS's award winning documentary team explores the topic of "living old" and the rapidly growing population of people age 85 and older.  Top notch film making

Video: Palliative Care in Action

Description:  This video posted on getpalliativecare.org gives a short, basic introduction to Palliative Care and how it is used.  It includes interviews with Diane Meier, MD, FACP who is the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the director of the  Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  If

Audio Podcast: Patients Choose Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Description:  This is an audio podcast from Hospice Palliative Care Insights, a monthly palliative care podcast based in Canada.  In this discussion, Jacquie Peden, an Advanced Practice Nurse interviews Barbara Findlay, a Canadian nurse leader in Integrative Medicine program development (now at the Samueli Institute in Alexandria, Virginia).  This podcast offers one of the most descriptive,

Audio Podcast: End-of-Life Care For Children: Adding Life to a Child’s Time

Description:  This is an audio podcast from Hospice Palliative Care Insights, a monthly palliative care podcast based in Canada.  In this discussion, Jacquie Peden, an Advanced Practice Nurse interviews Ms. Maria Rugg, Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada), Palliative and Bereavement Care Program.  The Audio is not the highest quality

Audio Podcast: Spiritual and Religious Care of the Hospice Palliative Care Client.

Description:  This is an audio podcast from Hospice Palliative Care Insights, a monthly palliative care podcast based in Canada.  In this discussion Jacquie Peden, an Advanced Practice Nurse in Hospice Palliative Care, interviews Rev. Dan Cooper, Spiritual Care Development Consultant for the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region.  The audio is not the highest quality but it

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