Introduction The population of minority ethnic groups in the UK is rapidly growing. A palliative care priority is therefore to ensure the availability of and access to care that meets the diverse ...

Introduction Duloxetine has previously been reported to be promising in the setting of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Stefaan Six, Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels Health Campus, Brussel 1090, Belgium; stefaan.six{at}vub.be Palliative care is increasingly confronted with cultural ...

4 Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Professor Scott A Murray, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health ...

Background Early identification of suicidal ideation would allow more opportunities for intervention and may ultimately reduce risk of suicide. Knowing when patients are likely to voice suicidal ...

Background One in four UK adults are deaf, rising to 80% of the over 70s (Akeroyd, Munro. Int J Audiol. 2024;63(9):659-660) – therefore deaf people represent a high proportion of those interacting ...

Objectives Assisted dying has been legally available in Oregon in the USA for 25 years, since when official reports have been published each year detailing the number of people who have used this ...

Objective To evaluate the care of patients dying in hospital without support from specialists in palliative care (SPC), better understand their needs and factors influencing their care. Methods ...

2 Department of Palliative Medicine, Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK 3 Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, ...

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneously (SC) administered tranexamic acid. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of SC tranexamic acid in a single palliative care ...

Introduction Research has shown that most people want to die at home. In the Faroe Islands, home deaths make up 12% despite limited structural conditions. There is only home care during night hours in ...