Palliative Care

Pediatric palliative care helps in difficult times (Pensacola News Journal)

20 Jul 2008

Receiving the diagnosis of a serious or life-threatening disorder can be overwhelming. When such an event involves an infant or child, it can be devastating. The idea of numerous doctor visits, trips to the hospital, missed school and other activities, time away from family members, perhaps time away from work for the parents and caregivers, bills and on and on ... Even for those children who ...

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)

20 Jul 2008

Kota Kinabalu : The Palliative Care Association (PCA) once again set the stage for a spectacular evening of art, music and charity at its premier charity event, "The PCA Annual Dinner and Concert", held at the Magellan Sutera Grand Ballroom in Sutera Harbour, here, Friday.

Linda Edmondson on end-of-life care (The Oklahoman)

20 Jul 2008

Linda Edmondson is co-chair of the Attorney General's Task Force to Improve End of Life Care in Oklahoma and a member of the Governor's Hospice Advisory Board. A long-time social worker, she has been executive director of the Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics and program manager for the Oklahoma Alliance for Better Care of the Dying. Before moving to Oklahoma City in 1995, she was the ...