Correspondence to Mona Mataqi, Department of Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences institution, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; mamataqi{at}hotmail.com Background Dementia is a progressive ...
Correspondence to Dr Eva YN Yuen, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia; e.yuen{at}deakin.edu.au Objectives Caregivers ...
Correspondence to Dr Natalie Bradford, Centre for Healthcare Transformation at Centre for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; ...
Objective This study aimed to explore how postgraduate physicians experience and articulate their professional development through reflective writing in a national palliative care training programme ...
Background Delirium and agitation are common and distressing in the last days of life. In specialist palliative care practice, descriptions such as ‘terminal agitation’ appear to be used more commonly ...
Aims To compare and rank the effectiveness of various advance care planning (ACP) decision aids in increasing the completion rates of ACP. Background ACP protects patient autonomy, eases caregiver ...
Objectives The burden of caregiving on families is significantly increased in neurodegenerative diseases such as stroke, where medical care is required along with physical limitations. This research ...
Conversations, connections & communities Patient & family care Bereavement, loss & grief Collaboration, service models & development Equity of access The digital world Data, outcomes & generating ...
Background Subcutaneous (SC) administration is the preferred parenteral opioid route in palliative care, while intravenous infusion may allow faster titration. Comparative evidence remains limited.
Objectives Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders limit the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but are often interpreted more broadly. During COVID-19 surges, resource constraints may have increased ...
Background Decisional regret (DR) is an important patient-reported outcome, reflecting patients’ retrospective evaluation of healthcare decisions. In oncologic settings, treatment choices typically ...
Objectives Clinical guidelines, including the WHO analgesic ladder, advocate paracetamol in conjunction with strong opioids for moderate to severe cancer pain despite a lack of evidence for its ...