Anaemia investigation and treatment in hospice inpatients: palliative medicine consultants attitudes and practices survey ...

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.

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

Background Emergency departments (E.D.) are described as suboptimal places to die due to their busy and often crowded nature, lack of time, space or privacy and focus on rapid assessment and recovery ...

Background Strathcarron Hospice has supported an Asset Based Community Development approach since 2020. Compassionate Community Builders (CCBs) discover what is strong in communities and what people ...

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 ...

Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and function between patients ...

Background Maintaining quality of life is a primary goal of palliative care (PC). Complementary interventions can help meet the needs of patients at the end of life. Objectives This meta-analysis aims ...

Introduction Timely and efficient access to end-of-life medications 24/7 is crucial for effective symptom management and prevention of potentially avoidable hospital admissions of those receiving ...

Objective Terminal haemorrhage is a rare and distressing emergency in palliative oncology. We present an algorithm for the management of terminal haemorrhage in patients likely to receive end-of-life ...

Background End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) significantly impacts global public health, driven by an ageing population and increased chronic diseases. Over half of patients with ESKD are now over 65 ...