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NICE releases new pain relief guidelines

Many patients with advanced cancer and other debilitating conditions are being "under-treated" for their pain, new guidance from the health watchdog says.

Published
23 May 2012
From
BBC
Palliative care
End of life care services letting down lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people say leading charities

Many LGB&T people do not feel that end of life care services are open to them and are concerned that they will face discrimination and a lack of understanding from health and social care providers when they are dying.

Published
16 March 2012
From
National Council for Palliative Care
Palliative care
Nigeria to Import Morphine in Pain Relief Initiative

Millions of poor people die in severe pain each year, usually because their countries have drug-trafficking laws that severely limit opiate imports and because doctors are not used to prescribing potentially addictive painkillers. About five billion of the world’s people live in countries without adequate access to pain relief, the initiative estimates.

Published
06 March 2012
From
New York Times
Palliative care
South Africa: Pain - A Neglected Complication of HIV, Living With Aids

 Recent research among South Africans living with HIV shows that they often experience varying degrees of pain, yet many patients do not report it.

Published
01 March 2012
From
AllAfrica
Palliative care
ZAMBIA: "People Are Not Dead Until They Have Died"

"I had no power, I could not even walk. I just had to be lifted by someone. When bathing, when going to the toilet, when going anywhere," Geoffrey Mwila says in a soft voice.

Published
03 January 2012
From
Inter Press Service
Delivery of care
Africa: Commonwealth Publication Raises Concerns Over Rights of HIV and Aids Carers

A breakthrough research publication highlighting the need to protect the rights of unpaid HIV and AIDS carers will be launched at the Commonwealth Secretariat on 3 October 2011.

Published
30 September 2011
From
AllAfrica
Palliative care
Africa: Caring About Palliative Care

Dr Natalya Dinat said the need for palliative care would grow as more patients access treatment, live longer and run an increased risk of cancer. "People who are living with HIV know that pain is a very important and prevalent symptom," he said.

Published
18 March 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Palliative care
Many HIV/Aids patients suffer pain needlessly

But in Kenya, as in many other countries, HIV care often neglects assessing and treating pain. Gerard was getting antiretroviral drugs, but no proper pain treatment. Unfortunately, many health care workers - and patients - consider pain unavoidable. Yet, improving a patient's quality of life by treating pain and other symptoms - called palliative care - is an essential element of comprehensive HIV care.

Published
15 February 2011
From
Human Rights Watch HIV/TB
Palliative care
People 'denied' die at home wish

Three in every five people in the UK would like to die at home, yet only one in five actually does, says a report from Demos on how people want to end our lives.

Published
14 November 2010
From
BBC Health
TB transmission
Prison overcrowding leading to TB spread in South Africa

Severe overcrowding in KwaZulu-Natal's prisons is contributing to the spread of HIV and tuberculosis and driving the high death toll in prisons.

Published
02 September 2010
From
AllAfrica
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