1 The Qualy Observatory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care Public Health Programs (WHOCC-ICO), Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain 2 Chair of Palliative Care, University of ...

Correspondence to Stefaan Six, Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels Health Campus, Brussel 1090, Belgium; stefaan.six{at}vub.be Palliative care is increasingly confronted with cultural ...

Objectives There is increased global focus on advance care planning (ACP) with attention from policymakers, more education programmes, laws and public awareness campaigns. Methods We provide a summary ...

Background Lung cancer is the most common cancer and smoking is the principal cause. Due to poor survival rates, symptom palliation and promotion of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are primary ...

2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Christopher J McDermott, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), ...

Background Patients with subacute malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) not amenable to surgical or interventional procedures are often highly symptomatic of pain, bloating, nausea and vomiting. Diet ...

Objective Various providers have piloted palliative virtual wards in the past 4 years. This survey provides the first aggregated data from across the UK. Method A cross-sectional online survey ...

Objectives Assisted dying has been legally available in Oregon in the USA for 25 years, since when official reports have been published each year detailing the number of people who have used this ...

Background Constipation is a common symptom for patients receiving palliative care. Whilst national clinical guidelines are available on the management of constipation for people with advanced cancer ...

Introduction Multiple studies have questioned the benefit of neutropenic diets in decreasing infections in patients with cancer, but recent surveys showed that such diets are still prescribed. In this ...

Background During 2022 we realised that we needed to standardise our approach to managing the referrals received to the specialist palliative care team in the acute hospital trust. This was something ...

Objectives Suffering is common among patients with advanced cancer. The practice of mindfulness during patient care can potentially reduce suffering. We aimed to examine the efficacy of ...