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/5/2/207EAPC Blog - Social media and palliative medicine: An opportunity for community and professional engagementhttps://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 Williamhttps://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-using-facebook-to-explain-palliative-care/Palliative Medicine Teaching - Facebook and Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/PallMedEdhttps://twitter.com/PallMedEdE-Hospice: Discussion of palliative care on Twitter is largely positive, and increasing - Dr A Nwosuhttp://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/12212/E-Hospice: Harnessing social media to enhance hospice care #learnhospicehttp://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/11617/E-Hospice: Social media and palliative carehttp://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/10009/Symplur and the Heathcare Hashtag project - Dr Mark Tauberthttp://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2015/08/16/symplur-and-the-heathcare-hashtag-project/?q=w_spcare_blog_sidetabPalliative social media - Mark Taubert et alhttp://spcare.bmj.com/content/4/1/13.abstract?sid=95d81aaf-38ce-4e34-943e-bce5b3763321Why don't end-of-life conversations go viral? A review of videos on YouTube. Imogen Mitchell et alhttp://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2015/07/16/bmjspcare-2014-000805.abstract?sid=16527997-aa5a-4ae7-be1a-bcbfa3a40024Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.comMusic by Bensoundhttp://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music