Tag: palliative care

Researchers co-developed a free, nationally endorsed website covering six carer-identified topics to support unpaid and family carers of people with ...

A retrospective cohort study of 260 palliative care patients found that ECOG performance status, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Prognostic Nutritional Index ...

A survey and interview study alongside the MABEL trial finds 92% of clinicians view morphine for chronic breathlessness as part ...

A case report describes a 71-year-old woman with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who received home-based neuropalliative care guided by validated assessment ...

A national qualitative study in England finds that barriers to bereavement support for ethnically diverse communities lie mainly in how ...

A retrospective cohort study of 90 children with advanced cancer found KPS and PPS most promising for short-term mortality prediction, ...

A systematic review of 154 U.S. records finds that access to end-of-life care for psychiatrically incapacitated patients depends most on ...

A 75-year-old man's bilateral lung opacities temporarily improved with immunosuppressive treatment, but autopsy later revealed lung metastases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Researchers in Zunyi developed and validated a 25-item questionnaire measuring cancer patients' cognition, attitudes, and preferences regarding life and death ...

An international observational study of 80 advanced cancer patients finds that palliative sedation is typically prompted by multiple interacting refractory ...