2 National Clinical Lead for MDT Development and Patient Experience, National Cancer Action Team, UK Introduction and aims Cancer multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) aim to improve clinical outcomes, ...
2 Department of Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health professionals use ...
Aim To understand patients' perspectives on how a diagnosis of a life-limiting illness was first communicated to them. Study design In-depth qualitative interviews with 50 people ranging in age from ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...
Objectives Hospital admission (HA) in cancer history is a common, repeated and frequently unplanned event. The emergency departments (EDs) and the oncological outpatient service (OOS) are the ordinary ...
Aims Recognition of when a person is approaching the last hours/days of life can be challenging for healthcare professionals with a search of the literature demonstrating that the dying phase is ...
Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull; University of Edinburgh; King’s College London; Hull Health Trial Unit, University of Hull Background Morphine ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of short subcutaneous infusions (SSCIs) for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of SSCIs in a single ...
Background Appropriate rapid discharge planning supports discharge to where the person wants to be cared for at EOL. This involves transfer of care over different settings. This evaluation assessed ...
Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 3 School of Nursing, ...
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