Correspondence to Dr Helen Crispin, Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; helen.crispin{at}uhs.nhs.uk In palliative care, we have a small number ...
What is known about the role of clinical ethics services in cancer care? A systematic/narrative literature review ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous clonidine for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of subcutaneous clonidine ...
Rationale This abstract describes postgraduate-level teaching for newly hired nurses at a community-based home hospice service in Singapore. This project is intended for the continuous professional ...
Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...
Introduction Primary care has a central role in palliative and end of life care: 45.6% of deaths in England and Wales occur under the care of primary care teams at home or in care homes. The Community ...
Background Older patients admitted to hospital with traumatic hip fractures often have multiple co-morbidities and reported 30 day mortality of 8% and 12 month mortality of 25%. 1 This study aimed to ...
‘Liver Supportive Care’ is a multidisciplinary approach that integrates palliative care into the multidisciplinary team involved in the management of chronic liver disease, in order to improve the ...
Background St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne cares for the largest cohort of patients with scleroderma (also referred to as systemic sclerosis) in Australia, and physicians recognised potential unmet ...
Background Anaemia is common in palliative care. Treatment of iron deficiency, if present, is recommended to improve symptoms and reduce dependency on blood transfusion. Previously, use of intravenous ...
Background/Aims Anticipatory prescribing (AP) of injectable medications at the end-of-life for community patients is good practice to achieve timely symptom control (National Institute for Health and ...
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