Objectives To evaluate factors associated with high-dose opioid use in patients with advanced cancer and examine the effect of high-dose opioid use on patients’ survival. Methods This study ...

Objectives To examine whether use of a hand-held fan (‘fan’) improves breathlessness and increases physical activity. Methods A secondary exploratory analysis using pooled data from the fan arms of ...

Marie Curie (March 2012) promotes senior HCAs roles within palliative care services, providing a robust service dealing with challenges of crisis and avoiding hospital admission for patients with life ...

Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) can be a way to meet patients’ end-of-life preferences and enhance awareness of end-of-life care. Thereby it may affect actual place of death (APOD) and decrease ...

Correspondence to Dr Jason W Boland, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK; Jason.Boland{at}hyms.ac.uk Objectives There is increased interest in cannabinoids for cancer pain ...

Correspondence to Professor Joachim Cohen, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie, Brussel 1090, Belgium; jcohen{at}vub.be If you wish to reuse ...

Joint Research Unit in ICT applied to reengineering socio-sanitary process; Departament de Salut Valencia La Fe; Joint Research Unit in ICT applied to reengineering socio-sanitary process; ...

Introduction Treatment escalation plans (TEP) are a tool to promote advance care planning, appropriate decision making and good communication between professionals, patients and carers, in line with ...

Objective The positive impact of early palliative care interventions in advanced cancer patients has so far been largely evaluated in randomised controlled trials. This study aimed at providing ...

Objectives Evidence-based guidelines call for integration of palliative care within oncology from diagnosis. Misperceptions about palliative care have impeded implementation. Prior research has not ...

Background Understanding how end of life care preferences evolve over time is important for valid and dynamic Advance Care Planning. This is particularly relevant for older people whose preferences ...

Importance International guidelines recommend the integration of multidisciplinary rehabilitation into palliative care services but its impact on quality of life across disease types is not well ...