Background Decisional regret (DR) is an important patient-reported outcome, reflecting patients’ retrospective evaluation of ...

Background Dyspnoea is a prevalent, debilitating symptom in advanced life-limiting illnesses. While opioids and non-pharmacological measures remain foundational, refractory breathlessness presents a ...

Objectives Virtual health has the potential to improve access to supportive oncology and improve operational performance; ...

Objective Minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) are used in palliative care trials to guide sample size ...

Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for people who are dying. Key features among these standards have been the professional development of ...

Effectiveness of a virtual reality programme in improving understanding and practice of palliative care: a systematic review ...

Correspondence to Dr Mei Ling Look, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 68100, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia; entitylml{at}yahoo.com Context There has been increasing evidence of the ...

Correspondence to Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; g.mitchell{at}uq.edu.au Background With an ...

Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...

Background Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used in healthcare, including palliative care, as a non-pharmacological intervention that offers minimal side effects (Moon, Henstridge-Blows, Sprecher, ...

Hospice Care for all, for now, forever. Hospice UK National Conference, 26 – 28 November 2024 ...

Objectives The importance of advance care planning in parkinsonism is increasingly recognised. Existing evidence shows plans are infrequent in this population. Little is known about the details of the ...