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End of life > Palliative care
How can palliative care be increased in a country that allows euthanasia?
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
In its latest report on palliative care in Belgium, published on 16 January 2025, the KCE recommends setting up a palliative middle care service to complement existing provision. This intermediate care would be situated between routine and non-urgent care on the one hand, and the hospital on the other, particularly for patients who do not require care in a hospital or palliative care unit and who cannot be cared for at home or in a nursing home. The KCE stresses the importance of diversifying...
World Palliative Care Day: “It's about reducing suffering, not ending life”
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
Every year in Belgium, tens of thousands of people and their families could benefit from such care, according to the Palliative Care Indicators Tool (PICT). This tool identifies patients in need of palliative care, based on criteria of frailty, incurability and severity of illness. Palliative care is not reserved solely for patients with a vital prognosis of less than 3 months, or for cancer sufferers. On the contrary, anyone suffering from a serious, progressive illness with no possible cure...
Australia: Study highlights impact of euthanasia on palliative care
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
Palliative care aims to relieve pain, alleviate mental, psychological, existential or spiritual suffering, safeguard the dignity of the sick person until their natural death and support those around them. The study began by analysing the impact of requests for euthanasia on overall patient care, noting that requests for information about euthanasia could sometimes divert patients and carers from the usual discussions about how to improve quality of life. However, when the patient's...
“End of life stories” to prepare for death: the Amfora association renews the approach to palliative care
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : End of life / Palliative care News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
To develop this proposal, the Amfora association organises training courses for palliative care networks, care for the elderly and institutions for the disabled, to help them conduct and develop end-of-life interviews. Amfora also works with the Samana association, to train their volunteers to work with people at the end of their lives. These interviews are an original and creative way of developing the fourth pillar of palliative care, which aims to meet patients' spiritual and existential...