Objective To evaluate the care of patients dying in hospital without support from specialists in palliative care (SPC), better understand their needs and factors influencing their care. Methods ...

A 62-year-old man with metastatic duodenal cancer was admitted to a hospice for a trial of ketamine to manage complex neuropathic abdominal pain. The patient was incrementally established on a dose of ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; National Clinical Lead, NHS Heart Improvement. 2 Department of Health Sciences, Hull York Medical School, University ...

Objectives Red cell (blood) transfusions are used in palliative care to manage patients with symptomatic anaemia or when patients have lost blood. We aimed to understand current blood transfusion ...

Correspondence to Professor Jessica Corner, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Rd, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK; J.L.Corner{at}soton.ac.uk ...

2 Department of Palliative Medicine, Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK 3 Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, ...

Background Virtual reality (VR) technology as a therapeutic intervention has been gaining attention in healthcare settings in recent years. Studies suggest that using the technology can help alleviate ...

Correspondence to Dr Nada Fadul, Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE 68198, Nebraska, USA; nada.fadul{at}unmc.edu The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to surpass the ...

Introduction Multiple studies have questioned the benefit of neutropenic diets in decreasing infections in patients with cancer, but recent surveys showed that such diets are still prescribed. In this ...

Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer ...

Correspondence to Dr Katherine E Sleeman, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London SE5 9PJ, UK; Katherine.sleeman{at}kcl.ac.uk Objectives ...

Correspondence to Dr Jennifer Tjia, Division of Epidemiology and Chronic Diseases, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Albert Sherman Building, 368 Plantation Street, AS8-2068, Worcester, MA ...