Objectives Multidisciplinary team meetings are a regular feature in the provision of palliative care, involving a range of professionals. Yet, their purpose and best format are not necessarily well ...
Background Public awareness work regarding palliative and end-of-life care is increasingly promoted within national strategies for palliative care. Different approaches to undertaking this work are ...
Introduction Recent UK-based research revealed the complex role of lone working Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) who provide hospice care at home without direct supervision of a registered practitioner. 1 ...
Background Since 2016, the US Medicare programme has reimbursed physicians and advanced practice providers for advance care planning (ACP) discussions; however, social workers—who play a critical role ...
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate acute opioid dose changes among patients started on a continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSCI) containing alfentanil or morphine within a specialist ...
Objectives Current methods of health expenditure reporting make spending on palliative care services difficult to quantify. This paper (1) examines trends in the components of government (public) ...
Conversations, connections & communities Patient & family care Bereavement, loss & grief Collaboration, service models & development Equity of access The digital world Data, outcomes & generating ...
1 The Qualy Observatory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care Public Health Programs (WHOCC-ICO), Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain 2 Chair of Palliative Care, University of ...
Introduction Physical, emotional, and cognitive intimacy is an important aspect of quality of life, 1 and remains so, even at the end-of-life. 2 Nevertheless, evidence suggests intimacy needs in ...
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Aim This study aims to systematically evaluate the effects of palliative care on the quality of life, anxiety level, depression level, cardiac function, readmission rate and mortality rate among ...
2 Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Arnold, Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, Frogston Road West, Edinburgh, EH10 7DR, UK; Liz.Arnold ...
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