Objective Terminal haemorrhage is a rare and distressing emergency in palliative oncology. We present an algorithm for the management of terminal haemorrhage in patients likely to receive end-of-life ...

What is known about the role of clinical ethics services in cancer care? A systematic/narrative literature review ...

Background Early conversations about the future benefits people with life-limiting conditions. Timely admission to a hospice service often provides the best outcomes (Brighton & Bristowe. Postgrad Med ...

Objectives To summarise the current body of published evidence on the use of low-dose and/or adjuvant methadone in the palliative care setting. Methods The authors searched multiple databases (PubMED, ...

Background Spiritual care allows palliative care patients to gain a sense of purpose, meaning and connectedness to the sacred or important while experiencing a serious illness. This study examined how ...

Approaches using digital technologies to support advance care planning (ACP) and care coordination are being used in palliative and end of life care. While providing opportunities to facilitate ...

Background Chronic breathlessness is a prevalent and debilitating symptom in people with advanced life-limiting disease and significantly impacts on function and quality of life. Despite this ...

Introduction General Practitioners (GPs) face challenges when providing palliative care, including an ageing, multimorbid population, falling GP numbers and increasing demand. A ‘public health ...

Objectives To conduct a scoping review to explore the evidence of the process of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decision-making. Methods We conducted a systematic search and ...

Background Many palliative patients prefer to receive care at home rather than attend hospital (Evans et al., 2006). Most community palliative care services are unable to provide 24-hour in-person ...

Background Our aim was to determine feasibility and effect sizes of bright light therapy (BLT), melatonin (MLT), methylphenidate (MP) and eight combinations (BLT+MLT+MP, BLT+MLT, BLT+MP, BLT alone, ...

Background Hospital discharge letters for End of Life Care patients are often poor. The lack of communication from the hospital to community teams regarding essential issues which is needed for ...