Japanese doctor with stage-4 cancer: “I want my patients to live with dignity until the end”
Fumio Yamazaki, a 75-year-old palliative care doctor, has been battling stage-4 cancer for four years. But despite his own illness, he has continued helping his...
Euthanasia has had negative effect on palliative care in Canada: report
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) act began to operate in 2016. It is a laboratory for how legalised euthanasia will operate in a largely...
WHO calls for better palliative care world-wide
The topic of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 9 was “Leave no one behind: Equity in access to palliative care”. The provision...