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Easier Movement of In-Bed Patients

by emp | Oct 31, 2015 | Cushions, EMP, Health Care, Mattress Accessories, Palliative Care

It can be argued that there is no job more difficult than that of a care-giver. Whether it’s a family member, a friend or a professional helping out, taking care of another person is challenging and anything to make that role easier is welcome. For those helping...

Guest column: We have right to die but not to quality palliative care

by emp | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized

A few days after the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against doctor-assisted suicide, I received a note from a wonderful colleague of mine saying that her closest friend’s 53-year-old son had just died of spinal cancer. Two weeks before his...

Redefining Palliative Care

by emp | Feb 2, 2015 | Health Care, Palliative Care

When we think of palliative care, we often think it is only for the dead and dying, however new studies are showing that it may in fact extend life. We long have associated palliative care with the end of life, where doctors and patients see it as the end of the road...

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