Background Seizures are a distressing event, especially in patients at the end of life, when a significant proportion also lose the oral route for medications. Recently, an evaluation was done ...

Introduction Little is known about the use of outcome measures (OM) by Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) in palliative care. This review aimed to identify studies using validated OMs in adults ...

Background People with 2 or more chronic conditions (multimorbidity) are at risk of receiving fragmented and inefficient care. In order to develop a nurse-led intervention for people with ...

Background Advance care planning is considered best practice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions but there is limited evidence how parents’ perceive, understand and engage with ...

Background/objectives Handgrip strength is a critical indicator of overall health, particularly in older adults, and is associated with frailty, sarcopenia and risk of adverse health outcomes. Precise ...

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 ...

Research involving patients is often subject to demanding ethical review processes to protect research participants and prevent harm or fraud. While having a robust ethical approval process is ...

Symptom and problem burden, performance status and palliative care phases in specialist palliative care: cross-sectional analysis of care episodes ...

Objectives To characterise patient-reported financial burden of living with advanced colorectal cancer in Alberta, Canada, as part of a larger prospective cohort study characterising the experiences ...

Ms L (pseudonym), a middle-aged woman, was referred from gynaecological oncology to the palliative care outpatient department (OPD), due to the extreme distress she exhibited. Her cervical cancer had ...

Hyperpolarisation-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels control neuronal firing thresholds. Together with sodium channels, they accumulate at sites of nerve injury, creating ectopic foci of ...

Background The finitude of life presents various bioethical challenges, especially when palliative care is the therapeutic option. The hospital environment for palliative care has ethical ...