Background Improving end-of-life care (EOLC) in Emergency Departments (ED) is a top research priority for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine 1 Our hospital palliative care team created a Senior ...

The glossopharyngeal nerve is a cause of reflex bradycardia and syncope in patients with head and neck cancer. These clinical syndromes are rare but can be debilitating with variation in clinical ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Professor Ruth Kleinpell, Rush University Medical Center and Rush University College of Nursing, 600 S. Paulina Avenue, 1062B AAC, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; ...

Purpose Cancer pain is a distressing and complex experience. It is feasible that the systematic collection and feedback of patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) relating to pain could enhance ...

Background A collaborative, innovative and highly cost-effective approach has been adopted by Hospice of the Valleys (HoV) and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) where palliative patients ...

3 Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, London, UK 4 Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Park Royal Centre for ...

Background The purpose of the palliative care Virtual Ward is to provide safe care in the patient’s usual place of residence. The aim is to avoid admission into acute hospitals where appropriate or ...

Background The use of virtual reality (VR) is increasing in palliative care. However, despite increasing interest in VR, there is little evidence of how this technology can be implemented into ...

Objectives Supportive and palliative care include non-oncology settings where patients suffer from pain and quality of life-related concerns. Integrative medicine plays important roles in supportive ...