How may communities be mobilised to help someone dying at home? This conceptual article outlines the thinking behind an innovative compassionate community project being developed at Weston-super-Mare, ...

Correspondence to Dr Hamed Mohammadi, Department of Clinical nutrition School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, ...

Objectives To outline the jurisprudential position in UK law regarding capital punishment, the death penalty and contrast this with proposed legislation for assisted dying and euthanasia (AD/E).

Skeletal muscle index as a prognostic biomarker for survival in HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study ...

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 ...

Objectives Palliative patients generally prefer to be cared for and die at home. Overly aggressive treatments place additional strain on already burdened patients and healthcare services, contributing ...

Objectives Despite a number of studies on effectiveness of palliative care, there is a lack of complex updated review of the impact of in-hospital palliative care consult service. The objective is to ...

Objectives To summarise the current body of published evidence on the use of low-dose and/or adjuvant methadone in the palliative care setting. Methods The authors searched multiple databases (PubMED, ...

Background Subcutaneous (SC) administration is the preferred parenteral opioid route in palliative care, while intravenous infusion may allow faster titration. Comparative evidence remains limited.

Background Literature on caregiver burden is limited in India and Kerala. We examined the prevalence and factors associated with caregiver burden and its impact on their quality of life. Methods We ...

Background Over time, kidney supportive care (KSC) - the application of the principles of palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease - has been recognised as essential to kidney care.

Hospice Care for all, for now, forever. Hospice UK National Conference, 26 – 28 November 2024 ...