Background AI is rapidly transforming palliative care, enabling earlier identification of patients with unmet needs, ...

Objective This study aimed to explore how postgraduate physicians experience and articulate their professional development ...

Correspondence to Dr Hamed Mohammadi, Department of Clinical nutrition School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, ...

Background Australian-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) is recommended as part of the OACC (Outcomes And Complexity Collaborative) suite of measures to assess palliative patients‘ ...

Objective Physical functioning (PF), emotional functioning (EF), overall quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) such as walking and toilet transfer are the primary outcomes of ...

Objectives This study examines healthcare professionals’ (HCPs’) experiences of implementing digital advance care plans (DACPs) to support information-sharing and decision-making in end-of-life care ...

Objectives Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders limit the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but are often interpreted more broadly. During COVID-19 surges, resource constraints may have increased ...

Improving access to palliative care for all who need it has been a Scottish Government priority since 2008 that continues. Significant systemic barriers to realising this aim are well recognised ...

Death notification (DN) is a critical clinical task that initiates and influences the bereavement trajectory and carries profound implications for clinician well-being. Evidence links DN quality to ...

Objectives Rehabilitation in patients with terminal cancer plays an essential role in maintaining quality of life. However, limited consensus exists regarding rehabilitation in the palliative care ...

Objectives Patients in the terminal phase may require both regular medications and breakthrough medications for palliative symptom management. Breakthrough dosing can provide an objective measure of ...

Background The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) ran a national Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service evaluation from 2013, using the Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care (FAMCARE-2) ...