Health: Funding Is Crucial for Vital Palliative Care ; Ahead of World Palliative Care Day Tomorrow, Health Reporter Emma Brady Discovered What Difference a Day at a Hospice Can Make for Patients with Terminal or Long Term Conditions

Birmingham Post › October 06, 2006

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Summary

Hospices are often perceived as being God's waiting room, filled mainly with frail, sick and primarily elderly people waiting for their final moments.

At St Mary's Hospice in Selly Park, Birmingham, the waiting room is empty.

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Health: Funding Is Crucial for Vital Palliative Care ; Ahead of World Palliative Care Day Tomorrow, Health Reporter Emma Brady Discovered What Difference a Day at a Hospice Can Make for Patients with Terminal or Long Term Conditions

Instead incessant chatter in the lounge can be heard down a corridor as 20 patients, many of them battling cancer, enjoy their ...

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