Correspondence to Dr Salmani Naiire, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd 14115, Iran; n.salmani{at}sbmu.ac.ir Background One of the barriers to the integration of ...

Background Bleeding at the end of life is distressing. The use of enteral and intravenous tranexamic acid (TA) to manage bleeding is established. The delivery of TA via continuous subcutaneous ...

Introduction Bereavement support comes in different forms and degrees of formality, reflecting the varying needs of bereaved people. Following the Covid-19 pandemic there is renewed interest in ...

Objectives Polypharmacy can increase symptom burden and reduce quality of life in palliative care patients. The Drug Burden Index (DBI) measures patients’ exposure to anticholinergic and sedative ...

Introduction Recent UK-based research revealed the complex role of lone working Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) who provide hospice care at home without direct supervision of a registered practitioner. 1 ...

Objectives The importance of advance care planning in parkinsonism is increasingly recognised. Existing evidence shows plans are infrequent in this population. Little is known about the details of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Geraldine Foley, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin 8, Ireland; foleyg3{at}tcd.ie Understanding the mechanisms (ie, ...

Objectives This study aims to identify factors among British community-based adults associated with advance care planning engagement. Factors are then compared among six domains of wishes: medical ...

Objective Macmillan Cancer Support advocates that a Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) is carried out at diagnosis and re-evaluated at significant key milestones throughout the patient journey. This now ...

Background Public awareness work regarding palliative and end-of-life care is increasingly promoted within national strategies for palliative care. Different approaches to undertaking this work are ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Zimmermann, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; camilla.zimmermann{at}uhn.ca Objective WHO ...

Correspondence to Dr Hiroto Ishiki, Department of palliative medicine, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; hishiki{at}ncc.go.jp Objectives The prognostic factors in patients ...