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Spotlight on palliative care beyond cancer

Aug 28, 201316 min
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Episode description

In a series of articles, this spotlight focuses on recognising and managing the end of life, having the difficult conversations with patients about their death, and the importance of taking into account the spiritual aspects of death. In this podcast Duncan Jarvies talks to the authors of 2 of those articles.

Professor Jane Maher, oncologist and CMO of Macmillan Cancer Support, talks about the importance of end of life care. Dr Mike Knapton, GP and CMO of the British Heart Foundation, talks about their move into palliation.

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