Objectives Despite increasing demand for palliative and end-of-life care, the funding for research in this area has ...

Correspondence to Mr Ben Bowers, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK; bb527{at}medschl.cam.ac.uk The recent Gosport War Memorial Hospital ...

Correspondence to Katharina Diernberger, University of Edinburgh Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; Katharina.Diernberger{at}ed.ac.uk When it comes to death, the statistics are stark.

Correspondence to Dr Eva YN Yuen, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia; e.yuen{at}deakin.edu.au Objectives Caregivers ...

Correspondence to Dr Salmani Naiire, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd 14115, Iran; n.salmani{at}sbmu.ac.ir Background One of the barriers to the integration of ...

Stable longitudinal symptom intensity in cancer patients during end-of-life palliative care at home: prospective cohort study ...

Objectives The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) was introduced across NHS Grampian. Our aim was to determine how practical and useful the PPS was for clinicians looking after palliative patients in ...

2 Department of Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health professionals use ...

Introduction COPD is a progressive condition with high symptom burden. Advanced COPD management should relieve symptoms, optimise daily functioning and reduce carer burden. Our knowledge of clinician ...

Correspondence to Dr Gemma Claire Lee, Intensive Care, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, FY3 8NR Blackpool, UK; gemma.lee9{at}nhs.net Background The Internal Medicine Training (IMT) ...

Objectives Official data reports from countries where assisted suicide and euthanasia is legal are an important resource for discerning participation rates, patient safety and transparency in the way ...