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

Background Despite legal advancements like gay marriage, LGBTQ+ individuals often face significant barriers in accessing equitable end-of-life care, exacerbated by healthcare professionals’ limited ...

Objective Fan therapy is widely acknowledged as an essential component in the management of dyspnoea with numerous studies supporting its efficacy in alleviating dyspnoea among patients with chronic ...

Background The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines state that palliative care options for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) should be discussed. Aims To investigate ...

Correspondence to Mona Mataqi, Department of Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences institution, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; mamataqi{at}hotmail.com Background Dementia is a progressive ...

Correspondence to Dr Amira Daldoul, Department of Medical Oncology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, -, Monastir 5000, Tunisia; amira.krir{at}outlook.com If you wish to reuse any or ...

Introduction Advanced cancer patients have difficult decisions to make when offered further treatments in clinical trials. It is essential that such decisions are made with a full understanding of the ...

Background/context In recent years evidence suggests that a happier workforce improves productivity and the quality of care being delivered to its service users. Restorative practice is an alternative ...

Correspondence to Professor Brian J Anderson, Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; briana{at}adhb.govt.nz ...

Investing in your brand and building a strong brand strategy, which is aligned to your vision and mission, is essential to the overall success of a charity. There are around 168,500 charities in the ...

Introduction Serotonin syndrome (SS) is an iatrogenic, potentially life-threatening, condition associated with a number of non-specific symptoms for which there is no objective diagnostic test. The ...

Background The UK prison population is growing older and sicker with deaths from natural causes increasing by 77% in the last 10 years (Hospice UK. Dying behind bars – How can we better support people ...