Background Palliative care (PC) refers to providing patients with physical, psychological, mental, and other care and humanistic care services in a multidisciplinary collaborative mode with ...

Introduction Multiple studies have questioned the benefit of neutropenic diets in decreasing infections in patients with cancer, but recent surveys showed that such diets are still prescribed. In this ...

Objective Patients with metastatic gastric cancer (MGC) may require palliative surgery to manage complications such as obstruction or bleeding. While the role of stenting in MGC is clear, the role of ...

Objectives Development of evidence-based good practice recommendations for clinicians considering the use of antibiotics in patients towards the end of life. Design A multiprofessional group of ...

Destitute and dying: interventions and models of palliative and end of life care for homeless adults – a systematic review ...

Introduction The regular assessment of hydration status and provision of mouth care are vital parts of care in the last days of life. We present the results of a survey assessing the knowledge and ...

Background Calciphylaxis is a rare and poorly understood complication of end stage renal disease (ESRD) that causes a complex pain difficult to manage in the acute hospital and hospice environment.

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 ...

The Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act (Wtl) came into force in 2002. Based on this act, euthanasia, although a criminal act under the Dutch Penal Code, is justified if ...

Background Undergraduate fourth year medical students attend hospices for two case discussion lecture days as part of a one-week palliative care placement. Prior informal student feedback suggested a ...

Background It is essential that the physical environments in which inpatient palliative care is provided support the needs of patients and the facilitate the multidimensional delivery of palliative ...