What medical care could you afford on less than a dollar a day? The Space Between examines poverty and health care through the stories of individuals struggling with life-threatening illnesses in a Kenyan hospice.
When underfunded and understaffed hospitals cannot keep up with demand, Living Room Hospice steps in to provide compassion, hope and relief for those suffering with life-threatening illnesses The story of a nurse who started a 26-bed hospice in Kenya is beautifully told through this film. This documentary can be used as a teaching tool for medical/nursing students, as well as practicing clinicians. View a trailer of the video. Learn more or order this documentary.
Dr. Justin Kullgren is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice with South College School of Pharmacy. As a Palliative Care and Hospice Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Tennova Hospice, Justin consults with nurses, physicians, and other palliative interdisciplinary team members on pain and symptom management, prevention and treatment of adverse drug events, medication dosing and monitoring, and disease state management.
Download Dr Kullgren’s lecture on the Palliative Care Network (PCN) website.
Professor Barbara Jack is Head of Research, Director Evidence-based Practice Research Centre, Edge Hill University, UK. She completed her nurse training and held various clinical posts in the national health service until she moved into nurse education at Edge Hill University.
Download Prof Jack’s lecture on the Palliative Care Network (PCN) website.
More about the Palliative Care Network
PCN aims to alleviate patient suffering by providing open access educational materials for professionals from all disciplines of palliative care on a global scale.
View a list of all other lectures.
Willing to contribute?
Have you thought about submitting materials from your institution and helping the Palliative Care Network to achieve its mission: Palliative Care for Everyone, Everywhere? To find out more about contributing, please contact the PCN.
In the Media Watch column of the March issue of the IAHPC newsletter, Barry Ashpole wrote about the publication of the Norwegian Medical Association's 'Guidelines for palliative sedation at the end of life 2014'. Download the English version here.
There’s another great selection of abstracts in this month’s Media Watch column.
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