Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous clonidine for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of subcutaneous clonidine ...

Objective More than 90% of people spend time in hospital in the last year of life and, in many developed countries, hospitals are the setting in which most people will die. Previous research indicates ...

Objective To develop and evaluate an interactive advance care planning (ACP) educational programme for general practitioners and doctors-in-training. Design Development of training materials was ...

1 Flinders Centre for Clinical Change & Health Care Research, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia 2 Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, ...

Correspondence to Dr Alison Mary Kearney, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, ...

With assisted dying now legal in a growing number of jurisdictions, the UK and other countries continue to deliberate on whether and how such legislation should be introduced. In England and Wales, ...

Purpose Time toxicity—the time patients spend receiving treatment, managing side effects, attending follow-ups and undergoing rehabilitation—is increasingly recognised as an important burden of cancer ...

Importance Structured communication tools and decision aids are recommended to facilitate goals of care discussions (GOCDs) in hospitalised patients, but their impact remains unclear. Objective To ...

Objectives The Asian Working Group for Cachexia (AWGC) updated the diagnostic criteria for cachexia, emphasising its multidimensional influence. We hypothesised that patients meeting the AWGC criteria ...

Improving access to palliative care for all who need it has been a Scottish Government priority since 2008 that continues. Significant systemic barriers to realising this aim are well recognised ...

Background Training in palliative care is essential to prepare healthcare professionals to provide compassionate care. Traditional methods often fail to equip students with necessary skills and ...

Introduction Advance care planning (ACP) is key to effective end-of-life care. If digitalisation of ACP is to be achieved, targeted education addressing the challenges of system-level change with ...