Correspondence to Professor Ronald Yoon-Kong Chin, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia; aprof.chin{at}gmail.com Objective To ...
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Relational nature of decision-making between patients with advanced illness and their caregivers in palliative care: a systematic review and narrative synthesis ...
Background To ensure patients and families receive appropriate end-of-life care pathways and guidelines aim to inform clinical decision making. Ensuring appropriate outcomes through the use of these ...
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Clare Gardiner, School of ...
Background Malignant bowel obstruction is often inoperable, and can precipitate a transition from hospital to hospice care. The condition brings a high symptom burden for patients (severe pain, nausea ...
1 Palliative and End of Life Care Group in Cambridge (PELiCAM), Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK 2 Nottingham Centre for ...
Objective This study aimed to investigate the factors for increasing sedentary time during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in older patients with locally advanced oesophageal cancer (LAEC) and to ...
Objectives Families of patients with cancer often experience significant psychological distress, yet family care remains insufficiently addressed in current healthcare systems. This study aimed to ...
Objectives The aim of this evaluation is to describe the components and results of urgent care planning in Coordinate My Care (CMC), a digital clinical service for patients with life-limiting illness, ...
Background The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) ran a national Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service evaluation from 2013, using the Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care (FAMCARE-2) ...
Background Pharmacotherapy has a strategic role in palliative care (PC). Medications are prescribed in this context for various reasons, leading to polypharmacy, associated with several negative ...