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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 ...
Conversations, connections & communities Patient & family care Bereavement, loss & grief Collaboration, service models & development Equity of access The digital world Data, outcomes & generating ...
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 ...
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 ...
Introduction In the United Kingdom, over 12,000 adults a year are diagnosed with a brain tumour, accounting for 3% of all new cancer cases. The needs of patients with brain tumours are unique and ...
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 ...
Objectives This substudy investigated whether medicinal cannabis causes an elevation in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in patients with advanced malignancy and ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...
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