Correspondence to Dr Livia Costa de Oliveira, Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; lillycostaoliveira{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate current evidence of the ...

Background Spiritual care allows palliative care patients to gain a sense of purpose, meaning and connectedness to the sacred or important while experiencing a ...

Background The increase in the numbers of patients requiring palliative care input prior to death, and a global economic situation where few countries are able to invest further in specialist ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of short subcutaneous infusions (SSCIs) for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of SSCIs in a single ...

Background 15%–20% of critical care patients die during their hospital admission. This service evaluation assesses quality of palliative care in intensive care units (ICUs) compared with national ...

Objectives Palliative patients generally prefer to be cared for and die at home. Overly aggressive treatments place additional strain on already burdened patients and healthcare services, contributing ...

Does voluntary assisted dying impact quality palliative care? A retrospective mixed-method study ...

Objectives Our work aims to critically review the use of anticipatory medicines in our inner-city hospice community population and whether our current practices are fit for purpose. Methods ...

Background Legacy—how one hopes to be remembered after death—is an unexplored and important dimension of decision-making for people facing serious illness. Objectives We conducted a scoping review to ...

Objective To review available published research that has explored how terminally ill patients feel about being involved in undergraduate medical teaching. Methods A systematic review using narrative ...

Objectives Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) symptom is one of the side effects of paclitaxel in breast cancer patients. This randomised controlled study was conducted to investigate ...