1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 3 School of Nursing, ...

2 Department of Palliative Medicine, Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK 3 Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of short subcutaneous infusions (SSCIs) for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of SSCIs in a single ...

2 Department of Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health professionals use ...

Temporal muscle thickness is superior to inflammatory markers in predicting 3-month mortality in older non-cancer palliative care patients ...

The following self-analysis contains key experiences of maternal grief over the course of the first 2 years following the death of a child, with specific examples and observations from bereaved ...

Palliative surgery in metastatic gastric cancer: analysis (2007–2021) (3 December, 2024) ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Zimmermann, 12-300 - 620 University Ave, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada; camilla.zimmermann{at}uhn.ca ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Zimmermann, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; camilla.zimmermann{at}uhn.ca Objective WHO ...

Aims Recognition of when a person is approaching the last hours/days of life can be challenging for healthcare professionals with a search of the literature demonstrating that the dying phase is ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of pegfilgrastim administered on the day of chemotherapy completion (same day) versus at least 1 day after chemotherapy (next day). Methods We ...

Background Hospital is the most common place of death with 43.4% of all deaths in 2022 (Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Palliative and end of life care profile December 2023 update: ...