Correspondence to Dr Nicola White, Division of Psychiatry, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Departent, University College London, London W1T7NF, UK; n.g.white{at}ucl.ac.uk Objectives To determine ...
Correspondence to Dr Alison Mary Kearney, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, ...
Dignity therapy in cancer palliative care: meaning and resignification of life—a qualitative study (1 July, 2025) ...
Background Families of young children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions encounter many stark challenges, including limited or delayed communication resulting from the child’s medical ...
Correspondence to Barbara Kimbell, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Doorway 3, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, ...
Music therapy aligns to the holistic approach to palliative and end-of-life care (PEOLC), with an emergent evidence base reporting positive effect on a range of health-related outcomes for both ...
Background and aims Studies support that the majority of patients want to die at home, yet in London, 66% die in hospital and Nationally, only 35% die in their home/care home. We therefore audited ...
Phenobarbital sedation via subcutaneous infusion in a palliative medicine unit: retrospective review
Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Thomas, Palliative Medicine, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, NSW 2505, Australia; benjamin.thomas{at}health.nsw.gov.au Phenobarbital is a ...
Objective More than 90% of people spend time in hospital in the last year of life and, in many developed countries, hospitals are the setting in which most people will die. Previous research indicates ...
Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is beneficial for respiratory failure in motor neurone disease (MND) but some patients may wish to stop the intervention. Guidance from the National Institute ...
Objective Terminal haemorrhage is a rare and distressing emergency in palliative oncology. We present an algorithm for the management of terminal haemorrhage in patients likely to receive end-of-life ...
Background Terminal agitation is a common symptom at the end of life. An audit of patients with terminal agitation in our inpatient unit (IPU) showed no patients with terminal agitation were assessed ...
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