General resources
Selected videos and websites of interest from our team and others.
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Palliative care in Africa - 4 minute videoProfessor Scott Murray discusses the challenges of providing end of life care in Africa. |
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1 minute videosProfessor Scott Murray and others explain the focus of their research in 1 minutes videos. |
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When I die: lessons from the death zone |
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20 takes on death and dying20 comments from people throughout Scotland in 2011 - a hospice activist talks about one of the "life before death" short videos |
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Life before death: the D word |
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EAPC Award 2013Derek Doyle receives the EAPC award 2013 - and discusses palliative care in the past, present and future |
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"A Good Death"A moving account of the experiences of Martin, a patient with end-stage emphysema during the final months of his life. It embraces the struggle which the patient and his family faced, and gives piognant context to the issues of palliative treatments for chronic respiratory failure, advanced care planning, and hospice care. It explores the fears and frustrations of an individual and his family, as they face an imminent death, and deals with some of the medical challenges which modern health care services face in making death "good" rather than "bad". Video in English vimeo.com/39258619 Video with Spanish subtitles vimeo.com/84823969 |
Useful websites |
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International Primary Palliative Care NetworkSign up to join the network - IPPCN website |
Dying MattersEnglish campaign to promote the discussion of death and dying in the community - Dying Matters website |
Living and dying wellScottish campaign to promote the discussion of death and dying in the community - Scottish Government Living and Dying Well website |
Together for Short LivesExplore issues around children's palliative care through the Together for Short Lives website |
WHPCOSign up to receive the online newsletter from World Hospice and Palliative Care Online by emailing whpco@hospiceinformation.info |
eHospiceNew in October 2012, ehospice is a free website and app that brings you real time international news and intelligence on hospice, palliative and end of life care - delivered by regional and national hospice and palliative care organisations worldwide. See ehospice.com |
World Palliative Care AllianceLook at the resources on the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance website. |
International Observatory on End of Life CareExplore the global development section of the International Observatory on End of Life Care website; a wealth of information. |
ICPCNExplore the International Children's Palliative Care Network and consider becoming a member. |
Volunteer OrganisationsCheck out opportunities with volunteer organisations such as Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Healthserve (or via the Christian Medical Fellowship website) |
Asia Pacific Hospice AssociationExplore the Asia Pacific Hospice Association website. |
Hoping, Coping and Talking About Planning Ahead Just in Case by Kirsty Boyd |