Objectives There is limited evidence of the impact of advance care planning (ACP) on outcomes. We conducted a retrospective cohort study on deaths of all patients known to a hospice in a 2.5-year ...

Objectives People with serious life-limiting disease benefit from advance care planning, but require active identification. This study applied the Gold Standards Framework Proactive Identification ...

3 Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore Correspondence to Grace Meijuan Yang, Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer ...

Crisis pack prescribing in terminal haemorrhage: a national survey of specialist palliative medicine physicians (4 March, 2025) ...

Objectives There is increased global focus on advance care planning (ACP) with attention from policymakers, more education programmes, laws and public awareness campaigns. Methods We provide a summary ...

Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Jason Boland, Senior lecturer and honorary consultant in palliative medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hertford Building, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, UK; jason.boland{at}hyms.ac ...

Objective Cachexia and nutritional problems play a major role in palliative care. Artificial nutrition such as parenteral nutrition is common but its role and indications in terminal patients remain ...

Background The prompt availability of medications to manage symptoms is key to high quality end-of-life care and anticipatory prescribing of these drugs is thought good practice. This study explored ...

Breast cancer for many women is a horrific incident and makes the person encounter psychological and social challenges, including anxiety and particularly death anxiety. Among humankind, the most ...

Background Increasing complexity in all healthcare settings requires a range of creative educational strategies for multidisciplinary (MDT) learning. A SWOT analysis of, and feedback from existing ...