Over 10,000 Bosnian refugees came to the UK, mainly in 1995, fleeing from war zones or concentration camps at the height of the holocaust. The Bosnian and Herzegovina UK Network (BHUKN) was set up in ...

Objectives Older patients with end-stage renal disease are willing participants in advance care planning but just over 10% are engaged in this process. Nephrologists fear such conversations may upset ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of pegfilgrastim administered on the day of chemotherapy completion (same day) versus at least 1 day after chemotherapy (next day). Methods We ...

Background Hospital is the most common place of death with 43.4% of all deaths in 2022 (Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Palliative and end of life care profile December 2023 update: ...

Objectives The meaning that patients and carers attribute to their experience of palliative care is fundamental to the provision, practice and evaluation of optimal care. This analysis aims to ...

Palliative surgery in metastatic gastric cancer: analysis (2007–2021) (3 December, 2024) ...

Background The Quality End of Life Care for All (QELCA®) programme uses transformational learning (Mezirow. Transformative learning theory. In Illeris (ed.) Contemporary theories of learning. 2 nd ed.

1 School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Background Public attitudes ...

Introduction Frail older people are known to have low rates of advance care planning (ACP). Many frail patients prefer less aggressive treatment, but these preferences are often not known or respected ...

3 Queen Mary University of London, Barts & the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre of Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, London, UK Objective Multimorbidity is increasingly ...

Objectives Volunteers have an important place in palliative care (PC), positively influencing quality of care for seriously ill people and those close to them and providing a link to the community.

University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; University of Glasgow, Institute of Health and Wellbeing Background Having 2 or more chronic conditions ...