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Life-limiting illness in prison

Posted on July 16, 2020 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

New research highlights the opportunities to improve care for people in prison who are dying from a progressive, life-limiting illness, by Dr Stacey Panozzo, Professor Jennifer Philip and Dr Anna Collins, University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital. Consider for a moment how it might feel to be told you have a diagnosis of advanced […]

Palliative care – carers and supportive networks

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Dr Julian Abel

Dr Julian Abel is speaking at the annual Marie Curie Palliative Care Research conference held in partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine which takes place today in London. Have you ever looked after someone who has died? And if so, what do you think was the most important thing to him or her? In […]