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Palliative care and assisted dying: Uneasy bedfellows

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Episode Palliative care and assisted dying: Uneasy bedfellows

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This episode features Professor Nancy Preston (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK) and Professor James Downar (Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

This podcast summarises a editorial which describes the critical intersection of palliative care and assisted dying where legalization has occurred. The authors address how palliative providers are likely to encounter requests for assisted dying, as currently 75–90% of requests come from people who are being treated by palliative care providers or who are admitted to palliative care facilities. The episode challenges the argument for separating these practices, suggesting that integration better supports patient values. It also explores the emotional impact on healthcare workers and the spectrum of their involvement.

Full paper available from:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02692163251365440

If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu:

a.nwosu@lancaster.ac.uk

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