He was told that palliative chemotherapy was ... Yet there was no access to them in Ireland under the HSE’s reimbursement system. The drug had been approved for a number of cancers by the ...

Since October, the 28-year-old has been receiving palliative care for brain cancer ... Nurses come to the house to administer controlled drugs and check on the two pumps that deliver Rory ...

While working as a doctor in Ireland for several years ... there is more to good palliative care than drugs, equipment, and staff. It is also about providing emotional support to patients and ...

The family of a young Lisburn boy with a life-limiting condition have talked about their positive experience of palliative care. Eoin O’Neill (10) was born with a rare genetic condition, Cri-du ...

The goals of palliative chemo look different from those of chemo meant to cure someone of their cancer. Chemotherapy involves drugs that target and destroy fast-growing cells in your body.

Townsville Catholic Bishop Tim Harris discusses the “critical” palliative care drugs which are becoming less available. In the past year, as many as six essential drugs which are used for ...