There are several methodological challenges when conducting randomised controlled trials in palliative care. These include worsening function and high mortality, leading to treatment discontinuation, ...

A palliative care journal publishing research, reviews and editorials to aid all clinicians supporting patients with life limiting illnesses.

Background As death approaches, patients are at their most frail, but an increasing symptom burden often necessitates an increase in medications, putting them at higher risk for drug–drug interactions ...

Background Seizures and agitation are distressing symptoms commonly encountered at the end of life and may require treatment ...

Objective This study aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of early oral feeding in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy. Methods A total of 135 patients with gastric cancer who ...

Aim To synthesise evidence from economic evaluations of UK-based PEoLC services published 2014–2024 on the benefits for patients and families, changes in service use and costs, and overall cost ...

Background When the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown, we had no foresight into how our referrals would change in the forthcoming years. Average time on caseload has reduced to eleven days (Hospiscare.

Aim This study aimed to clarify the end-of-life care among inpatients with schizophrenia, using a national claims database.

Introduction Many people experience repeat or lengthy hospital admissions in their final months of life, in part because of poor identification of patients approaching the end of life and failure to ...

Objectives Pancreatic and lung cancer are associated with cancer cachexia (CC), which negatively impacts patients’ quality of life, treatment outcomes and prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the ...

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the trajectory of symptom burden and quality of life in palliative cancer patients receiving home-based care in Sweden. The focus was on identifying key ...