Anaemia, and iron deficiency in the absence of anaemia, is associated with a variety of symptoms including weakness, cognitive impairment, fatigue, tachycardia and dyspnoea. Despite the many potential ...

Background Pain is the second most prevalent symptom in patients with cancer after fatigue and is highly debilitating. There is an increasing emphasis on the prescription of non-pharmacological ...

Background Sex and intimacy are expressed by many patients to be essential at the very end of their lives. Different definitions of intimacy are presented in the literature, with studies reporting ...

Design All deaths of patients (n=2176) known to the specialist palliative care service over a 5-year period were examined through service evaluation to compare the actual place of death with the ...

Background and Aims Emergency admissions to hospital increase in the last year of life and can be avoidable (Barbera, Taylor &, Dudgeon, 2010. CMAJ. 182: 563). In 2016 there were over 1.6 million such ...

Introduction The rising global prevalence of cancer reveals significant regional disparities in palliative care adoption. While some countries have incorporated palliative care into their systems, ...

Aim To conduct qualitative research into carers’ perceptions of the respite they receive from HHCNL with the intention of generating new knowledge that will inform our plans to offer an extended, ...

Background Services are under pressure, budgets are tighter and like many healthcare providers, the hospice is struggling to fill Band 5 Registered Nurse vacancies. Various exciting new opportunities ...

Objectives Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent condition associated with poor quality-of-life and high symptom burden. As patients reach ceilings of survival-extending interventions, their priorities ...

Background Advance care planning is a decision-making process about future health care for patients made in consultation with clinicians, family members and significant others. Currently completion ...

Opioid analgesics are useful in the management of moderate to severe pain. A number of patients taking opioids have compromised kidney function, guidelines and recommendations exist, however at the ...

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