Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Iain Harris, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of ...

Background The Community Nurse Specialist (CNS) team are responsible for vetting and triaging for all community services - the bulk of total hospice referrals. Prior to this project the process for ...

Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...

Introduction Grief is an inherent phenomenon of life. Every human being will experience it at a given moment in their life. In literature, it is defined as a normative, natural and healthy process, ...

Background Oesophageal cancer has a 5-year survival rate of 17%. Adequate symptom management is hence important at all stages of disease. Dysphagia, commonly experienced by these patients, can have a ...

Background Understanding patient perceptions of their spiritual needs when approaching the end of life is essential to support the delivery of patient-centred care. Aim To conduct a qualitative ...

Introduction Patients with advanced non-curative cancer are typically offered active palliative treatments (Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy). However, evidence suggests that when active ...

Correspondence to Dr Shiying Yu, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; syyu_tjh{at}163.com Objectives This study aimed to ...

Introduction The world is experiencing an ageing population with the numbers requiring palliative and end of life care (PEOLC) increasing and many of those people will receive care and die in acute ...

It is estimated that there will be a shortfall of 40,000 nurses in the United Kingdom between 2023–24 (Nuffield Trust. Closing the gap: Key areas for action on the health and care workforce. 2019).

Introduction Services providing palliative care out-of-hours vary considerably across the UK, and resources are generally limited, which presents considerable practical and emotional challenges for ...

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, ...