We pride ourselves in Ireland on doing death well. At least that is, after the event, when bereaved families are typically embraced in a communal, warm acknowledgment of their loss. But what about the ...

Matt Whittle has experience writing and editing accessible education-related content in health, technology, nursing and business subjects. His work has been featured on Sleep.org, Psychology.org and ...

The understanding of palliative care in the Republic and the North is ahead of other countries, according to a new study. But the knowledge about end-of-life care was better south of the Border ...

Ensuring people have equal access to palliative care across the country is among 25 key changes in a strategy to support patients and their families. The document also calls for the expansion of ...

The proportion of patients with advanced cancer who receive outpatient specialty palliative care (OSPC) is as low as 2.0%. Improved understanding of the system-level factors influencing use of OSPC ...