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Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and function between patients ...

Objectives Palliative care providers may be exposed to numerous detrimental psychological and existential challenges. Ethical issues in the healthcare arena are subject to continual debate, being ...

Objectives Multidisciplinary team meetings are a regular feature in the provision of palliative care, involving a range of professionals. Yet, their purpose and best format are not necessarily well ...

Introduction Duloxetine has previously been reported to be promising in the setting of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive ...

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime was introduced in 2016 and expanded in 2021. Within its framework, euthanasia accounts for almost all cases. MAiD operates through two legal pathways ...

Correspondence to Dr Kirsty Boyd, Palliative Care Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; kirsty.boyd{at}ed.ac.uk Objective To refine and evaluate a ...

Correspondence to Dr Alison Mary Kearney, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, ...

Background To ensure patients and families receive appropriate end-of-life care pathways and guidelines aim to inform clinical decision making. Ensuring appropriate outcomes through the use of these ...

Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran 2 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing School, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Fars, Iran 3 ...

Correspondence to Dr Brent A Bauer, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 55905; Bauer.Brent{at}mayo.edu Background Pain is one of the most common and ...