Dr Amara Nwosu discusses social media and palliative medicine. He focuses on his recent blog published on the EAPC website about his study about the use of Twitter to evaluate communication about palliative care on social media. ‘Social media and palliative medicine: a retrospective 2-year analysis of global Twitter data to evaluate the use of technology to communicate about issues at the end of life’ by Nwosu AC, Debattista M, Rooney C, et al published in BMJ supportive& palliative care2015;5(2):207-12. http://spcare.bmj.com/content/5/2/207 EAPC Blog - Social media and palliative medicine: An opportunity for community and professional engagement https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/social-media-and-palliative-medicine-an-opportunity-for-community-and-professional-engagement/ EAPC Blog: With great power comes great responsibility: Using Facebook to explain palliative care - Dr Leeroy William https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-using-facebook-to-explain-palliative-care/ Palliative Medicine Teaching - Facebook and Twitter https://www.facebook.com/PallMedEd https://twitter.com/PallMedEd E-Hospice: Discussion of palliative care on Twitter is largely positive, and increasing - Dr A Nwosu http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/12212/ E-Hospice: Harnessing social media to enhance hospice care #learnhospice http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/11617/ E-Hospice: Social media and palliative care http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/10009/ Symplur and the Heathcare Hashtag project - Dr Mark Taubert http://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2015/08/16/symplur-and-the-heathcare-hashtag-project/?q=w_spcare_blog_sidetab Palliative social media - Mark Taubert et al http://spcare.bmj.com/content/4/1/13.abstract?sid=95d81aaf-38ce-4e34-943e-bce5b3763321 Why don't end-of-life conversations go viral? A review of videos on YouTube. Imogen Mitchell et al http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2015/07/16/bmjspcare-2014-000805.abstract?sid=16527997-aa5a-4ae7-be1a-bcbfa3a40024 Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com Music by Bensound http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music