Objective Digital health technologies are increasingly used across cancer care, yet evidence specific to community-based ...

Background Training in palliative care is essential to prepare healthcare professionals to provide compassionate care. Traditional methods often fail to equip students with necessary skills and ...

Correspondence to Dr Tatsuma Sakaguchi, Palliative Care Centre, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan; sakaguchi.tatsuma{at}gmail.com Introduction Although there is low-quality evidence, ...

Introduction An interdisciplinary team approach to patients in specialised palliative care is recommended; however, the composition of the professionals tends to vary, and the roles of ...

Purpose Financial toxicity is increasingly recognised as a significant consequence of cancer treatment yet little is known ...

Objectives Unnecessary hospital admissions for palliative emergencies strain resources and may not meet patients’ end-of-life ...

Objectives Clinical guidelines, including the WHO analgesic ladder, advocate paracetamol in conjunction with strong opioids ...

Background Delirium and agitation are common and distressing in the last days of life. In specialist palliative care practice, descriptions such as ‘terminal agitation’ appear to be used more commonly ...

OIN is common. Even within a limited and methodologically heterogeneous literature, prevalence estimates range from 6% to 38% in palliative care populations, with three of the more recent robust ...

Objective Physical functioning (PF), emotional functioning (EF), overall quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) such as walking and toilet transfer are the primary outcomes of ...

Objectives A key role of specialist palliative care occupational therapy is to enable patients to self-manage symptoms associated with a life-limiting illness. EMPOWER, a 4-week group programme, ...

Objective Literature identifies that doctors struggle in navigating ethical issues at the end of life. Residents look to senior doctors for support. Senior doctors are aware of the latter’s needs.