Relational nature of decision-making between patients with advanced illness and their caregivers in palliative care: a systematic review and narrative synthesis ...

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Clare Gardiner, School of ...

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime was introduced in 2016 and expanded in 2021. Within its framework, ...

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, ...

Correspondence to Dr Mahnaz Ilkhani, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 1991654188 Tehran, Iran (the Islamic ...

Objectives This study aims to assess the prevalence of insomnia in patients with cancer and evaluate its association with overall survival, considering related symptoms such as anxiety and pain.

Aim To understand patients' perspectives on how a diagnosis of a life-limiting illness was first communicated to them. Study design In-depth qualitative interviews with 50 people ranging in age from ...

Objectives To analyse healthcare utilisation and costs in the last year of life in England, and to study variation by cause of death, region of patient residence and socioeconomic status. Methods This ...

Introduction In the UK over two million people are currently living with sight loss with this figure predicted to rise to approx. four million by 2050. Patients who die in palliative and hospice care ...

1 Palliative and End of Life Care Group in Cambridge (PELiCAM), Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK 2 Nottingham Centre for ...

Background Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is generally considered an incurable disease, and patients require continuous systematic treatment. Receiving the diagnosis and treatment of MBC is a ...

Objectives Assess the palliative care needs of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS), focusing on symptom burden, quality of life, caregiver strain and ...