Background Pain control is an essential component of high-quality palliative care. Unfortunately, many low-income and middle-income countries lack an appropriate infrastructure to provide palliative ...
Correspondence to Dr Jason W Boland,Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK; Jason.Boland{at}hyms.ac.uk Older age and dementia are ...
Objectives Despite the demonstrated efficacy of physiotherapy in palliative care programmes, there are scarce data of its real-life impact on patients’ and caregivers’ wellness and stress. Our aim was ...
Objective Hospice at Home (HAH) services aim to enable patients to be cared for and die at home, if that is their choice and achieve a ‘good death’. A national survey, in 2017, aimed to describe and ...
Background Whether parents want to be and should be the decision-maker for their child in end-of-life matters are contested clinical and ethical questions. Previous research outcomes are equivocal.
Correspondence to Dr Niamh Mairéad Cleary, Regional Specialist Palliative Care Services, Dóchas Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland; clearynm{at}tcd.ie Local skin site ...
Objectives High physical activity levels have been associated with longer, healthier lifespans and improved quality of life among breast cancer survivors. The Japanese clinical guidelines for breast ...
Objectives This study aims to identify factors among British community-based adults associated with advance care planning engagement. Factors are then compared among six domains of wishes: medical ...
Correspondence to Jinfeng Ding, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; jinfeng.ding{at}research.uwa.edu.au Background There are no processes that routinely assess end-of-life ...
Correspondence to Dr Hiroto Ishiki, Department of palliative medicine, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; hishiki{at}ncc.go.jp Objectives The prognostic factors in patients ...
Aim The aim of the systematic review was to identify conceptual models and interventions designed to improve health literacy in caregivers of adults with a chronic disease/disability. Methods MEDLINE, ...
Background Modern radiotherapy (RT) planning techniques and the use of oral supportive care have reduced the occurrence of acute radiation-induced toxicities. Oral mucositis remains a major concern in ...
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