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 ...
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 Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...
Background Palliative care providers serving Chinese patients lack a culture-specific model of communication, a strong evidence base for this and clear guidance on its application. Thus, providers ...
How may communities be mobilised to help someone dying at home? This conceptual article outlines the thinking behind an innovative compassionate community project being developed at Weston-super-Mare, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Background The Community Nurse Specialist (CNS) team are responsible for vetting and triaging for all community services - the bulk of total hospice referrals. Prior to this project the process for ...
Correspondence to Dr Naomi Taylor, Palliative Medicine, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Stockton-upon-Tees, TS19 8PE, UK; naomitaylor{at}doctors.org.uk Head and neck cancers frequently ...
Correspondence to Dr Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Palliative Care Unit, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus 8200, Denmark; mettneer{at}rm.dk If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Iain Harris, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of ...
Introduction Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a distressing complication of cancer, causing symptoms including nausea, vomiting, pain, and constipation. It has a profound effect on quality of life ...
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