Objectives Identify the indication, route of administration and dose for phenobarbital continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSCI) in palliative sedation therapy (PST). Assess the dosing and continuation ...

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 ...

Symptom and problem burden, performance status and palliative care phases in specialist palliative care: cross-sectional analysis of care episodes ...

Background Seizures are a distressing event, especially in patients at the end of life, when a significant proportion also lose the oral route for medications. Recently, an evaluation was done ...

Introduction Little is known about the use of outcome measures (OM) by Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) in palliative care. This review aimed to identify studies using validated OMs in adults ...

Background Over 940,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with dementia (Dementia UK. Trustees’ annual report and consolidated financial statements. 2022), yet people with dementia have not ...

Background Advance care planning is considered best practice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions but there is limited evidence how parents’ perceive, understand and engage with ...

Background People with 2 or more chronic conditions (multimorbidity) are at risk of receiving fragmented and inefficient care. In order to develop a nurse-led intervention for people with ...

Objectives National guidance recommends equality in access to bereavement services; despite this, awareness and availability appears inconsistent. The aim of this study was to explore availability and ...

Objectives This paper (1) sought to compare sleep, mood and physical symptom profiles of men with prostate cancer (PCa) who experienced subjective and objective cancer-related cognitive impairment ...

Correspondence to Professor Marilene Filbet, Palliative care, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; marilene.filbet{at}chu-lyon.fr Objectives To evaluate the influence of art therapy in ...

Correspondence to Dr Yi Zhang, Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China; zhangyipsy{at}csu.edu.cn Background The prevalence ...