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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

Mar 13, 2024

This episode features Dr Fiona Kenney and Koby Anderson, (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

 

What is already known about the topic?

  • Previous research demonstrates a high prevalence of severe grief symptoms up to a year post-death of a loved one...


Mar 13, 2024

This episode features Sue-Ling Chang, (CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Oncology Division, Québec City, QC, Canada)

 

What is already known about the topic?

  • There is a growing interest in psilocybin-assisted therapy worldwide, particularly to treat existential distress at the end of life.

 


Feb 21, 2024

This episode features Dr Carlos Seiça Cardoso (Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
CINTESIS@RISE, MEDCIDS, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal)

 What is already known about the topic?

  • The burden of chronic, progressive, incurable and life-threatening illness is...


Jan 12, 2024

This episode features Ellis Slotman (Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands)

 What is already known about the topic?

  • Potentially inappropriate end-of-life care in patients with cancer is still common.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to affect cancer diagnosis...


Oct 30, 2023

This episode features Dr Vanessa Abrahamson, (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK).

 

What is already known about the topic?

  • Increasingly, people at end-of-life want to die at home but this relies heavily on family carers to support the patient.
  • Many carers struggle with the practical...