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 ...

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 When the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown, we had no foresight into how our referrals would change in the forthcoming years. Average time on caseload has reduced to eleven days (Hospiscare.

Background How quality in healthcare is measured shapes care provision, including how and what care is delivered. In end-of-life care, appropriate measurement can facilitate effective care and ...

Background Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities are known to experience health inequalities. There has been little focus on palliative care in these communities despite the well-recognised ...