Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...

1 King's College Hospital NHS foundation Trust, London, UK 2 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation Trust, London, UK PEACE (Proactive Elderly Advance CarE) is an advance care planning (ACP) developed at ...

1 School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Background Public attitudes ...

Background Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in the eighties as a natural process to successfully treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Sometimes the bereaved do ...

Emerging evidence suggests that methadone has a specific role in the management of treatment resistant cancer-related pain. Objectives To investigate the utilisation pattern, safety and efficacy 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 ...

Objective To explore how bereaved family members recall managing end of life medications when delivering care to a patient dying at home in England. Design Qualitative study. Setting Domestic homes in ...

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 ...

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime was introduced in 2016 and expanded in 2021. Within its framework, euthanasia accounts for almost all cases. MAiD operates through two legal pathways ...

Introduction Advance care planning is recognised as optimal in promoting patient autonomy and shared decision making, aiming to improve quality of care at end of life. Healthcare assistants are an ...

Background Falls guidelines were updated for the hospice in 2022 with risk assessment currently based on the Morse Falls Scale and NICE quality standards on falls. New Assessment frameworks were also ...

Background A growing body of research indicates that physicians suffer high levels of stress, depression and burnout. Related literature has found that physician stress can negatively impact patient ...