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Katherine Pettus

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Learn about the status of palliative care in developing nations around the world and how IAHPC is working to increase global access. My guest Katherine Pettus is the Senior Advocacy Director for The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. In this role she meets with delegates at the United Nations to increase the understanding of palliative care and to advocate for improved availability of opioids for patients needing pain relief. She is the author of Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries, which describes her visits to communities around the world to witness firsthand their utilization of palliative care. Learn more about the work of IAHPC at the website: www.hospicecare.com Read the transcript Watch on YouTube Get the book Listen here: This episode includes: Why 80% of the world’s population has no access to morphineHow Hospice Africa Uganda is utilizing powdered morphine for pain relief and also allows nurses to prescribe it in the fieldWhy palliative care teams are good at “sideways thinking” to solve problems that arrive in the momentHow caregiving is a crisis everywhere in the world right now (except Costa Rica that provides support for family caregivers)Why the extended family is becoming a myth in developing nationsWhat is the “health poverty trap” and how lack of access to palliative care contributes to itHow the Western model of medicalized death is spreading to developing nationsExpanding palliative care helps medical systems and medical providers as wellHow a “palliative care peace corps” could transform societyHow COVID has affected the global palliative care movement Palliative Care transforms everyone who participates in it.” Katherine Pettus in Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries Links mentioned in this episode: Check out my YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/eoluniversity Leave me a message by email: karen@karenwyattmd.com, Twitter, Facebook or InstagramSupport your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to SoulSubscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher RadioCheck out the Series I’ve recorded in the past hereJoin the team at Patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously! If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu! Your contributions make all the difference.

Learn about the status of palliative care in developing nations around the world and how IAHPC is working to increase global access. My guest Katherine Pettus is the Senior Advocacy Director for The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. In this role she meets with delegates at the United Nations to increase the understanding of palliative care and to advocate for improved availability of opioids for patients needing pain relief. She is the author of Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries, which describes her visits to communities around the world to witness firsthand their utilization of palliative care. Learn more about the work of IAHPC at the website: <a href="https://www.hospicecare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.hospicecare.com</a> <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Podcast-347-Pettus-Transcript.docx.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/sAnDHRW-_UY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch on YouTube</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3JyNVvv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get the book</a> <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/2022/04/16/ep-347-the-global-palliative-care-movement-with-katherine-pettus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen here:</a> <h3>This episode includes:</h3> <ul><li>Why 80% of the world’s population has no access to morphine</li><li>How Hospice Africa Uganda is utilizing powdered morphine for pain relief and also allows nurses to prescribe it in the field</li><li>Why palliative care teams are good at “sideways thinking” to solve problems that arrive in the moment</li><li>How caregiving is a crisis everywhere in the world right now (except Costa Rica that provides support for family caregivers)</li><li>Why the extended family is becoming a myth in developing nations</li><li>What is the “health poverty trap” and how lack of access to palliative care contributes to it</li><li>How the Western model of medicalized death is spreading to developing nations</li><li>Expanding palliative care helps medical systems and medical providers as well</li><li>How a “palliative care peace corps” could transform society</li><li>How COVID has affected the global palliative care movement</li></ul> <blockquote>Palliative Care transforms everyone who participates in it.” Katherine Pettus in Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries</blockquote> <h3>Links mentioned in this episode:</h3> <ul><li>Check out my YouTube Channel: <a href="https://youtube.com/c/eoluniversity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/eoluniversity</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Leave me a message by email: karen@karenwyattmd.com, <a href="https://twitter.com/spiritualmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eoluniversity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kwyattmd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>Support your local bookstore by buying my books on <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a> and Indiebound: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781786783110" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 Lessons for Living from the Dying</a> and <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780982685563" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Journey from Ego to Soul</a></li><li>Subscribe to this podcast on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9lb2x1cG9kY2FzdC5jb20vY2F0ZWdvcnkvZW9scG9kY2FzdC9mZWVkLw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iHeart Radio</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/karen-wyatt/endoflife-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher Radio</a></li><li>Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></li><li>Join the team at <a href="http://patreon.com/eolu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/eolu</a> and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!</li></ul> If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/reviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leaving a review on iTunes</a>. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at <a href="http://patreon.com/eolu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/eolu</a>! Your contributions make all the difference.

Ep. 347  The Global Palliative Care Movement with Katherine Pettus

Today’s episode features in an interview with Dr. Pettus, an international advocate for the relief of pain and suffering for those at the end of life. She is works for the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) and can be contacted via their website: https://hospicecare.com/home/. She recently published a book about what she has learned over the course of her travels.  https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/global-palliative-care-reports-from-the-peripheries/

Today’s episode features in an interview with Dr. Pettus, an international advocate for the relief of pain and suffering for those at the end of life. She is works for the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) and can be contacted via their website: <a href="https://hospicecare.com/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hospicecare.com/home/</a>. She recently published a book about what she has learned over the course of her travels. <a href="https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/global-palliative-care-reports-from-the-peripheries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/global-palliative-care-reports-from-the-peripheries/</a>

Episode 16: Dr. Katherine Pettus: An advocate for global palliative care and pain relief

Dr. Katherine Pettus is the Advocacy Officer for Human Rights and Palliative Care at International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care. She travels to meetings around the world, advocating for improved access to internationally controlled essential medicines such as morphine, as a component of the right to health. She also addresses palliative care issues for older persons, for children, in universal coverage, for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and palliative care medications in national essential medicines lists. She grounds her European and US advocacy work in her visits to partners in Latin America, Africa, and India, where she participates ‘as often as possible’ in home care with colleagues and their teams who work in extremely challenging circumstances to deliver palliative care to the indigent and mentally ill. FInd out more about Katherine’s work at: Hospicecare.com and nhpco.org.Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com, and become a patron at Patreon.com/ZestfulAging.

Dr. Katherine Pettus is the Advocacy Officer for Human Rights and Palliative Care at International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care. She travels to meetings around the world, advocating for improved access to internationally controlled essential medicines such as morphine, as a component of the right to health. She also addresses palliative care issues for older persons, for children, in universal coverage, for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and palliative care medications in national essential medicines lists. She grounds her European and US advocacy work in her visits to partners in Latin America, Africa, and India, where she participates ‘as often as possible’ in home care with colleagues and their teams who work in extremely challenging circumstances to deliver palliative care to the indigent and mentally ill. FInd out more about Katherine’s work at: <a href="http://Hospicecare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hospicecare.com</a> and <a href="http://nhpco.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nhpco.org</a>. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at <a href="http://NicoleChristina.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NicoleChristina.com</a>, and become a patron at <a href="http://Patreon.com/ZestfulAging" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/ZestfulAging</a>.

Katherine Pettus -- “Palliative care is a human right.”