Objectives Despite increasing demand for palliative and end-of-life care, the funding for research in this area has ...

Correspondence to Dr Min Yan, Department of Breast Disease, Henan Breast Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China; ...

Background Improving palliative care (PC) is demanding due to the increase in people with PC needs over the next few years. An early identification of PC needs is fundamental in the care approach: it ...

Stable longitudinal symptom intensity in cancer patients during end-of-life palliative care at home: prospective cohort study ...

Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and function between patients ...

Results Data were collected over a 12-month period with analysis of findings occurring concurrently. Using semistructured interviews and participant observation, 11 themes, organised under five ...

Objective To evaluate the evidence on the transition process from child to adult services for young people with palliative care needs. Design Systematic review. Setting Child and adult services and ...

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, ...

Aim This study aimed to clarify the end-of-life care among inpatients with schizophrenia, using a national claims database. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of inpatients aged 20 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made unprecedented global demands on healthcare in general and especially the intensive care unit (ICU). the virus is spreading out of control. To this day, there is no clear ...

Correspondence to Dr Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Palliative Care Unit, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus 8200, Denmark; mettneer{at}rm.dk If ...

Correspondence to Dr Antonio Vigano, Supportive & Palliative Care Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada; antonio.vigano{at}mcgill.ca Objectives To evaluate the ...