Correspondence to Dr Carlos Hernández-Quiles, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Avenida Manuel Siurot, s/n, Sevilla, 41013 Spain; quiles_es{at}yahoo.es Objective ...
Background and purpose Since 2001, symptom cluster research has grown considerably. However, because multiple methodological considerations remain, ongoing synthesis of the literature is needed to ...
Public health approaches to end-of-life care in the UK: an online survey of palliative care services
Aims and objectives The public health approach to end-of-life care has gained recognition over the past decade regarding its contribution to palliative care services. Terms, such as health-promoting ...
Background Family carers are vital in the management and delivery of home-based palliative care. Decision-makers need to know what the most commonly expressed unmet needs of family carers are to ...
Objective The concept of a good death is a motivating factor for end of life care policy; this article examines what English end-of-life care (EOLC) policy defines as a good death. Methods Critical ...
5 Sacred Heart Palliative Care Services, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia Objective Hospice/palliative care patients may differ from better studied populations, and data from other populations ...
Objectives This study explored the views and perceptions of haematologists towards palliative care, based on their own clinical experiences, focusing on those factors that helped or hindered referral ...
Background Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in the eighties as a natural process to successfully treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Sometimes the bereaved do ...
Background Cognitive dysfunction is a prevalent and debilitating complication among patients with glioma, significantly affecting their independence, treatment adherence, and quality of life (QoL).
Background Rituals are a universal phenomenon in human culture, which act to support and process transitions and challenges. The objective of this integrative review was to synthesise the evidence for ...
Objectives Thiamine deficiency (TD) has been increasingly reported among patients undergoing active cancer treatment. However, its status in end-of-life cancer patients admitted to palliative care ...
Background The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) ran a national Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service evaluation from 2013, using the Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care (FAMCARE-2) ...
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