Current lethal combinations and doses of drugs used in physician-assisted dying/suicide are untested, unlicensed and unregulated, with little pharmacological understanding of efficacy and safety at ...

Background End-of-life care practices in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are the focus of growing attention in Europe, due to rapidly increasing number of older persons living in LTCFs. The ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneously (SC) administered tranexamic acid. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of SC tranexamic acid in a single palliative care ...

Objective Cachexia and nutritional problems play a major role in palliative care. Artificial nutrition such as parenteral nutrition is common but its role and indications in terminal patients remain ...

Method A hospice in South-East England explored options to have visually pleasing, easily accessible outcome reports, available for hospice staff and service users. The hospice’s Outcome Champion ...

Objectives Improved understanding of the stability and consistency of symptom clusters across time, symptom dimensions and cancer diagnoses will lead to refinements in symptom assessments and ...

Objective This study aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of early oral feeding in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy. Methods A total of 135 patients with gastric cancer who ...

Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability that can lower physical and mental ability and increase the risk of disability, hospitalisation, and admission to residential care (Clegg, Young, Iliffe, ...

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurses’ spiritual well-being and their competence in providing spiritual care, and to identify influencing factors among Turkish ...

Results 35 articles involving the use of educational interventions for patients with cancer pain were analysed in this study. Most protocols involved sessions implementing audiovisual aids, which the ...

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

Objectives Facial airflow from a hand-held fan (fan) hastens recovery from exertional breathlessness. We aimed to determine the effect of different airflow speeds on recovery from exertional ...