Correspondence to Dr Helen Crispin, Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; helen.crispin{at}uhs.nhs.uk In palliative care, we have a small number ...
What is known about the role of clinical ethics services in cancer care? A systematic/narrative literature review ...
Palliative care medical student education: a cross-sectional medical school survey in mainland China
3 Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Centre for Global Health, Hangzhou, China Objective According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index, China ranks 71st in terms of quality of palliative care out ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous clonidine for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of subcutaneous clonidine ...
Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...
Background Anaemia is common in palliative care. Treatment of iron deficiency, if present, is recommended to improve symptoms and reduce dependency on blood transfusion. Previously, use of intravenous ...
Background The prevalence of iron deficiency in heart failure (HF) is high (Okonko, Mandal, Missouris et al. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2011;58:1241–1251) and found in patients with/without anaemia. It ...
Background/Aims Anticipatory prescribing (AP) of injectable medications at the end-of-life for community patients is good practice to achieve timely symptom control (National Institute for Health and ...
Correspondence to Dylan G Harris, Palliative Care Department, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DT, UK; dgharris{at}doctors.org.uk Background Educational board games ...
Correspondence to Dr David C Currow, IMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia; david.currow{at}uts.edu.au In less than a decade, we have witnessed what ...
Background Severe anaemia is common in the hospice setting. Causes include anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) and associated functional iron deficiency (FID), with or without absolute iron deficiency ...
Introduction Primary care has a central role in palliative and end of life care: 45.6% of deaths in England and Wales occur under the care of primary care teams at home or in care homes. The Community ...
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