Les soins palliatifs peuvent-ils exister sans...

Article indépendant | BIECHELE, Irma | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°6 | vol.12

Accompagnement spirituel des personnes en fin de vie : témoignages et réflexions

Livre | HENTZ, Jean-Gustave | Labor et Fides | 2015

Ce livre sur l'accompagnement spirituel en fin de vie se découpe en quatre parties : questions sociétales, soins spirituels et fin de vie, spiritualité de l'aumônier et théologie en fin de vie. Les auteurs présentent des témoigna...

Accompagnement spirituel des personnes en fin de vie : témoignages et réflexions

Livre | HENTZ, Jean-Gustave | Labor et Fides | 2015

Ce livre sur l'accompagnement spirituel en fin de vie se découpe en quatre parties : questions sociétales, soins spirituels et fin de vie, spiritualité de l'aumônier et théologie en fin de vie. Les auteurs présentent des témoigna...

Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith : discovering people...

Article indépendant | OLIVIERE, David | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°1 | vol.25

Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith became the first director of social work at St Christopher's Hospice, London, in 1979, and introduced a family approach in psychosocial care that has now travelled the world. Her pioneering work, which was...

Human rights in end-of life-care : implementa...

Article indépendant | GRAVES, Jacqui | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°1 | vol.25

A human rights approach to end-of-life care supports health and social care practitioners in making balanced, and often difficult, decisions with people at the end of life, in order to make personalised care a reality. The approac...

Palliative care in Nepal : current steps to a...

Article indépendant | MUNDAY, Daniel | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°1 | vol.25

Eighty percent of Nepal’s population live in rural areas. These are often remote due to the mountainous terrain making access to healthcare a challenge. Palliative care has been developing in Nepal since 2000. Palliative car...

The role of volunteers supporting people with...

Article indépendant | BOLAND, Jason | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°1 | vol.25

Introduction: Hospices and end-of-life organisations caring for dying people rely on volunteers to provide social, psychological and spiritual support roles. Volunteering offers flexibility and informality, but the role needs to b...

Psychological ideas in palliative care : dist...

Article indépendant | STRACHAN, Jenny | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | n°1 | vol.25

In the seventh article in our series ‘Psychology in palliative practice’, Jenny Strachan looks at how distress, a common phenomenon at the end of life, affects the psychological well-being of patients receiving palliat...