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Personal legacy and treatment choices for serious illness: a …

WEBBackground Legacy—how one hopes to be remembered after death—is an unexplored and important dimension of decision-making for people facing serious …

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Health-related quality of life and frailty in liver cirrhosis

WEBBackground and objectives There is limited evidence concerning the predictive value of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on the presence of frailty in the …

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End-of-life care quality measures: beyond place of death

WEBBackground How quality in healthcare is measured shapes care provision, including how and what care is delivered. In end-of-life care, appropriate measurement …

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Improving confidence and competence of healthcare professionals …

WEBBackground UK policymakers, clinicians and public wish to see improvements in end-of-life care (EoLC). However, healthcare professionals’ skills and knowledge to …

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Emergency department presentations in palliative care patients: a

WEBObjectives To map the patient journey for individuals known to palliative care presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods A linked dataset from the CUREd database …

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Hospice delivery models and survival differences in the terminally …

WEBObjective A common difficulty at the end of life (EOL) is to determine an appropriate service model, such as hospice share care (HSC), hospice inpatient care …

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Palliative home oxygen: practical framework for clinicians

WEBThe British Thoracic Society 2015 guidelines on home oxygen use in adults have been pivotal in guiding clinicians on the use of long-term oxygen therapy in …

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US hospices’ approach to racial/ethnic minority inclusion: a

WEBBackground. Research shows that providing comfort care in the form of hospice to patients nearing the end of life is an effective approach to improving their …

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End-of-life care costs and place of death across health and social …

WEBObjectives This study explores the relationship between end-of-life care costs and place of death across different health and social care sectors. Methods We used a …

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Healthcare use and costs in the last year of life: a national

WEBBackground People who are nearing the end of life are high users of healthcare. The cost to providers is high and the value of care is uncertain. Objectives …

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Healthcare professionals’ moral distress in adult palliative care: a

WEBObjectives Palliative care providers may be exposed to numerous detrimental psychological and existential challenges. Ethical issues in the healthcare arena are subject to continual …

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Contents Volume 6 Issue 3 BMJ SP Care September 2016

WEBContents Volume 6 Issue 3 | BMJ SP Care September 2016 Editorials 247 Editor’s choice B Noble 248 What is in a name? Evidence of impact in palliative and end-of-life care in the …

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Health literacy interventions for informal caregivers: systematic

WEBAim The aim of the systematic review was to identify conceptual models and interventions designed to improve health literacy in caregivers of adults with a chronic …

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Opioid safety recommendations in adult palliative medicine: a …

WEBObjectives Despite the escalating public health emergency related to opioid-related deaths in Canada and the USA, opioids are essential for palliative care (PC) symptom …

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Ethnicity and palliative care: we need better data – five key

WEBComplete and valid ethnicity data are essential for monitoring racial and ethnic disparities but consideration needs to be given to collecting data well and using it responsibly. …

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Advance and future care planning: strategic approaches in Wales

WEBBackground In Wales, the term advance care planning now falls under the wider umbrella term ‘Future Care Planning’, which also includes patients with diminished …

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September 2011 Volume 1 Issue 2 Volume 1 Issue 2 BMJ SP …

WEBContents Volume 1 Issue 2 | BMJ SP Care September 2011 Editor-in-chief Bill Noble (UK) Associate Editors Myra Bluebond-Langner (UK) Merryn Gott (New Zealand) Eduardo …

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Cultural concordance in advance care planning discussions: a …

WEBCulture narrowly defined is the learned or shared beliefs, values and behaviours of a group. However, concepts of culture are complex and influenced by many factors, such as …

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Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 235–362 September 2019 Volume 9 …

WEBEditor-in-chief Declan Walsh (USA) Associate Editors Stephen Barclay (UK) Jason Boland (UK) Jo Hockley (UK) Miriam Johnson (UK) Ciarán Kenny (Ireland)

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Contents Volume 6 Issue 2 BMJ SP Care June 2016

WEBContents Volume 6 Issue 2 | BMJ SP Care June 2016 Editorials 143 Editor’s choice B Noble 144 Withdrawal of ventilation at the request of a patient with motor neurone …

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Clinical nurse specialists and survival in patients with cancer: the …

WEBObjective To examine whether having a better care experience with a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is associated with better overall survival of patients with cancer in …

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Euthanasia in the Netherlands: a claims data cross-sectional study …

WEBBackground The annual incidence of euthanasia in the Netherlands as a percentage of all deaths rose from 1.9% in 1990 to 4.4% in 2017. Scarce literature on …

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