Background In Wales, the term advance care planning now falls under the wider umbrella term ‘Future Care Planning’, which also includes patients with diminished mental capacity and their significant ...
Correspondence to Dr Kirsty Boyd, Palliative Care Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; kirsty.boyd{at}ed.ac.uk Objective To refine and evaluate a ...
Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Iain Harris, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of ...
Objectives Evaluations of new services for palliative care in non-cancer conditions are few. OPTCARE Neuro is a multicentre trial evaluating the effectiveness of short-term integrated palliative care ...
Background This study analysed the impact on palliative care outcomes of a new specialist palliative care service for patients severely affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/MND), multiple ...
Introduction When people are dying and unable to take oral medication, injectable medication is commonly used, usually administered by healthcare professionals. There may be delays to symptom relief ...