Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...

Introduction Despite known benefits of advance/anticipatory care planning (ACP), uptake remains low across the UK and internationally. Aims We integrated data from three complementary sources to ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Zimmermann, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; camilla.zimmermann{at}uhn.ca Objective WHO ...

Correspondence to Dr Catherine Sweeney, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, Cork, Ireland; c.sweeney{at}ucc.ie Background The need for ...

Correspondence to Dr Jason W Boland,Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK; Jason.Boland{at}hyms.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or ...

Introduction Digital inequality is the unequal distribution of digital and internet-based devices, utilities and services. Digital legacy is the digital and virtual remnant that an individual leaves ...

Background The use of ranitidine subcutaneously has been well established in palliative care for symptom control of vomiting, gastric secretions, gastric protection and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Objectives Hospice care in the Netherlands is provided in three different types of hospice facilities: volunteer-driven hospices (VDH), stand-alone hospices (SAHs) and hospice unit nursing homes (HU).

Objectives People with heart failure have palliative care needs yet services remain underused. The heart failure clinic is a potential setting for initial palliative care delivery though evidence for ...

Aim The aim of the systematic review was to identify conceptual models and interventions designed to improve health literacy in caregivers of adults with a chronic disease/disability. Methods MEDLINE, ...

Dexmedetomidine is a selective α 2-adrenoreceptor agonist with a broad range of effects, including easily controllable sedation, analgesia and anxiolysis. Because of these favorable features, it has ...

2 INESC TEC - Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Porto, Portugal Background Engaging in advance care planning can be emotionally challenging, but gamification and ...