Senior Palliative Medicine Physician Clinical Associate Professor Board Member IAHPC
RPAH, University of Sydney NSW
Joined June 2015
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Maria C Cigolini retweeted
✍🏻 “As a group of past-presidents of the Association for Palliative Medicine, we urge MPs to consider carefully the unwanted consequences of the legislation on assisted dying as proposed by Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s bill.”
(Letter within article)
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
🚨 New article alert🚨
Our systematic review led by @MantillamNidia on a overlooked topic: Pharmacological Treatment for Dialysis-Related Muscle Cramps.
Another article from our research on the unmet palliative care needs associated with orphan symptoms.
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
We are busy planning our next congress EAPC2025 in Helsinki, 29 - 30 May 2025.
Abstract submission will open during the summer 2024.
All details will be posted on our website: eapccongress.eu/2025/
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
.@BishopTimH wrote to the Health Minister last month to raise @ACBC1 concerns palliative care patients are being let down because vital palliative care drugs like morphine oral liquid are being withdrawn from Australia without alternatives
theaustralian.com.au/health/… via @australian
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Essential Yet Scarce: rational use of medical #morphine for home #hospice: Pallinews on Katherine Pettus's personal experience, clinicians' agreement on morphine's efficacy, its use is supported by UN Human Rights Council. bit.ly/3YudPvl @IAHPC @UN_HRC #palliativecare
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
This month’s report from the front. Essential Yet Scarce: Rational use of medical morphine for home hospice - International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care hospicecare.com/what-we-do/p…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Preregister now for Module 5 @IAHPC & @Neuropalcare members virtual course #PalliativeCare in “Parkinson’s disease and related disorder” Prof. Whitley Aamodt and Ms. Bernadette Skobjak. 7/11 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 2pm UTC, 4pm CEST.
Preregister! 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/mujbnz3v
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Over the last couple years, posters like this have started popping up across Canada
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Visit @ehospicenews Africa edition for #PalliativeCare news from Africa & beyond. Follow link to read this story about a PC champion from Uganda & others; shorturl.at/7Z8sq
@MinofHealthUG @PCAUganda @raysofhopejinja @KitovuMobileLtd @PallChase @hospaz @KEHPCA @WHOUganda
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Disabled actor and activist Liz Carr has described her hopes that her BBC1 documentary about assisted suicide will finally explain the dangers of legalisation to a mainstream audience.
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Maria C Cigolini retweeted
A new Lancet Editorial discusses the trial findings, our current understanding of the disease & the imperative to support patients now 🔽 hubs.li/Q02wMfdz0
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at Bellingen for ALL members of the community who are interested in learning more about community supports and services available in relation to ageing, loss, dying and grief.
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Bookings: bit.ly/3UsOvlY
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
International consensus on occupational therapy interventions for people with palliative care needs: A European Association for Palliative Care Group Concept Mapping study.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
“recent @WHO report found that, in a global survey of multi-sector stakeholders across all 6 WHO regions LIC country respondents & LMIC respondents reported 8/10 people did not receive morphine or other strong opioids in times of medical need” bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Palliative sedation is NOT assisted suicide - International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care hospicecare.com/what-we-do/p… Also information on joining our next MOOC 'Dying Well' @IOELC @EAPCvzw @LancsDHR @NancyPreston16
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
"The heart is what keeps you alive. It’s about living. I think it’s lovely.” – Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner.
Locations where orange heart lapel pins can be purchased ➡️ ow.ly/4VFX50RB4sE
#MattersOfLifeAndDeath 🧡
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
Colonial legacies often resulted in the suppression of indigenous healing traditions and the imposition of Western medical paradigms. Ongoing efforts are underway to decolonize global health education by revising curricula to encompass diverse perspectives healthpolicy-watch.news/from…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
2nd Edition: "Dying Well: The Role of #Palliative Care and #Sedation in End of Life Care"
🟢 Online course | Registration is open from 3 March 2024 and will last 3 weeks
Access the free link at the bottom of this page: shorturl.at/kCS25
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
@Pall_Care_Aus 2024 Federal Budget Submission.
Add to our advocacy and share this submission with your network or contact your local member.
More information here: palliativecarensw.org.au/202…
Maria C Cigolini retweeted
#EAPCWebinar: Why we need to study palliative care education and training?
14 March 2024 13.00 - 14.00 CET
Presented by the EAPC Reference Group on Education and Training, featuring palliative care education studies and discussion on next steps
Register: bit.ly/2402tw
