BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including Research Papers, Reviews and Educational pieces. The Author Information section provides specific ...
Anne Brédart, Jean-Luc Kop, Omar Shamieh, Louis Fox, Waleed Alrjoub, Thierry Conroy, Nazim Serdar Turhal, JI Arraras, Renée Bultijnck, Amélie Harle, Mieke Van ...
Correspondence to Dr Kirsty Boyd, Palliative Care Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; kirsty.boyd{at}ed.ac.uk Objective To refine and evaluate a ...
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, ...
Introduction Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by palliative care patients. Good pain control can improve patient’s quality of life. Alfentanil is a short-acting opioid that is ...
Introduction Physical, emotional, and cognitive intimacy is an important aspect of quality of life, 1 and remains so, even at the end-of-life. 2 Nevertheless, evidence suggests intimacy needs in ...
Introduction Dementia is one of the leading cause of death in England and Wales (ONS 2023). In partnership with Dementia UK, the Admiral Nursing service aims to provide optimal palliative and ...
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 ...
Artificial intelligence-powered predictive tools to improve end-of-life decision-making: mini-review
Background Uncertainty around a patient’s prognosis at the end of life remains a major barrier to timely palliative-care involvement and alignment of treatments with patient goals. Artificial ...
Objective At the end of life, some patients with refractory suffering require deep continuous sedation. Based on the pharmacological properties, we hypothesised that sodium oxybate may offer ...
Introduction Historically, paramedics have focused on life-saving and curative Care. Today a growing body of evidence suggests many patients seek support from the ambulance service for Palliative and ...
Introduction In 2021, we undertook a nation-wide online survey to explore public attitudes to death and dying in the UK (PADDUK). 1 Due to the complexity and changing nature of public attitudes, we ...
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