Background Uncertainty around a patient’s prognosis at the end of life remains a major barrier to timely palliative-care involvement and alignment of treatments with patient goals. Artificial ...

Objective This study describes and evaluates a comprehensive training programme to improve identification of patients for palliative care (PC) using the Supportive and PC Indicators Tool – Low Income ...

Objectives This substudy investigated whether medicinal cannabis causes an elevation in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in patients with advanced malignancy and ...

Objectives As a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, cancer imposes psychological, physical and functional burdens. Recent paradigms focus on integrative treatment approaches in ...

It is now accepted that teaching in palliative medicine should be integrated throughout the medical undergraduate curriculum. Recommendations suggest the inclusion of knowledge areas such as symptom ...

4 Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Professor Scott A Murray, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health ...

3 Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, London, UK 4 Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Park Royal Centre for ...

Correspondence to Nisar Ahmed, Academic Unit of Supportive Care, Sykes Centre, Little Common Lane, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S11 9NE, UK; n.ahmed{at}sheffield.ac.uk The following working ...

Background Virtual reality (VR) technology as a therapeutic intervention has been gaining attention in healthcare settings in recent years. Studies suggest that using the technology can help alleviate ...

Background It is essential that the physical environments in which inpatient palliative care is provided support the needs of patients and the facilitate the multidimensional delivery of palliative ...

Objective Meeting the preferences of patients is considered an important palliative care outcome. Prior studies reported that more than 80% of patients with terminally ill cancer prefer to die at home ...

The general practitioner (GP) has a critical role in an integrated model of palliative care as they often know the patient and carer well, are experts in generalist care and have knowledge of health ...