Background Educating medical students to care for patients at the end-of-life is increasingly recognised as an essential component of training. Traditionally, medical student programmes are run by ...

Approaches using digital technologies to support advance care planning (ACP) and care coordination are being used in palliative and end of life care. While providing opportunities to facilitate ...

Design All deaths of patients (n=2176) known to the specialist palliative care service over a 5-year period were examined through service evaluation to compare the actual place of death with the ...

Introduction The rising global prevalence of cancer reveals significant regional disparities in palliative care adoption. While some countries have incorporated palliative care into their systems, ...

Background Virtual Wards present a safe and efficient alternative to in-patient care. Patients approaching the end of their lives may have rapidly changing and complex needs which can result in ...

Background More than half of patients with a terminal diagnosis want to die at home. NICE recommend provision of injectable anticipatory medications as a way of managing symptoms and facilitating this ...

Aims Evaluate the outcomes of patients attending a day case paracentesis service provided in a hospice. Review opportunities available for patients to participate in advance care planning (ACP) ...

Objectives Most clinical teams and organisations have not openly or formally discussed how they would react if physician-assisted suicide were to be legalised. This paper aims to discuss some of the ...

Background Palliative sedation for existential suffering (PS-ES) is a controversial clinical intervention. Empirical studies about physicians’ perceptions do not converge in a clear position and ...

Background Pain is frequently an undetected cause of agitation and distress in dementia; and thus often a cause of behavioural and psychological symptom of dementia (BPSD). Despite a plethora of tools ...

Conclusion HCNS non-medical prescribing is an invaluable addition to the skill set of our team. The NMPs feel enabled to discuss and advise clinicians regarding medication and write up palliative drug ...

Background The PEACE (Proactive Elderly Advance Care) plan supports proactive planning of community care escalation through documenting patient wishes and communicating these with care stakeholders in ...