Introduction Poverty and deprivation are invisible yet powerful influences over people’s experiences of palliative and end of life care. The socio-economic impact on terminally ill migrants on UK ...

Introduction In partnership with Marie Curie, the James Lind Alliance (JLA) is refreshing the priorities for palliative and end of life care research with input from patients, carers and clinicians.

Correspondence to Dr Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Kinki Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai 591-8555, Japan; taniguchi.yoshihiko.ny{at}mail.hosp.go.jp Objectives Opioids are often administered for cancer-related ...

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 ...

Gynaecologic oncology referrals to specialist palliative care in a tertiary referral centre: population, characteristics and outcomes ...

Importance Limb spasticity is a common issue among stroke patients. Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) is recommended as an alternative therapy for managing upper limb spasticity ...

Correspondence to Professor Joachim Cohen, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie, Brussel 1090, Belgium; jcohen{at}vub.be If you wish to reuse ...

Introduction Incorporating a Palliative Care (PC) approach into primary health care is a promising evidence-based practice. However, this practice has not been extensively integrated into primary care ...

Introduction Challenges in providing Palliative and End-Of-Life Care (PEOLC) for people with learning disabilities include communication difficulties, lack of decision-making involvement, and limited ...

Introduction Conversation guides may support healthcare professionals to engage effectively in difficult communication. Differently from previous conversation guides that provide a talking map with ...

Introduction Given the rising prevalence of chronic illnesses, it is essential to prioritize the education and support of informal caregivers. In the Portuguese context, there is a paucity of ...

Background The number of patients dying in hospital continues to remain high. One of the challenges in combating this is deciding when to actively manage a patient and when to withhold/withdraw ...