Aims and objectives The public health approach to end-of-life care has gained recognition over the past decade regarding its contribution to palliative care services. Terms, such as health-promoting ...

Objectives To explore whether advance care planning is associated with place of death in England, as well as with sufficiency of support to care for a dying person at home, overall quality of care and ...

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

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.

Introduction In 2022, Dorothy House Hospice embarked on implementing a comprehensive redesign of community services, in line with its mission to ensure everyone has access to outstanding palliative ...

Objective To explore how bereaved family members recall managing end of life medications when delivering care to a patient dying at home in England. Design Qualitative study. Setting Domestic homes in ...

Objectives Assisted dying has been legally available in Oregon in the USA for 25 years, since when official reports have been published each year detailing the number of people who have used this ...

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 ...

Background How quality in healthcare is measured shapes care provision, including how and what care is delivered. In end-of-life care, appropriate measurement can facilitate effective care and ...

Anaemia, and iron deficiency in the absence of anaemia, is associated with a variety of symptoms including weakness, cognitive impairment, fatigue, tachycardia and dyspnoea. Despite the many potential ...

Introduction Historically, paramedics have focused on life-saving and curative Care. Today a growing body of evidence suggests many patients seek support from the ambulance service for Palliative and ...

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major clinical problem. This paper integrates the evidence-based literature and professional guidelines to support a proposed systematic approach to CRF diagnosis and ...