Correspondence to Dr Salmani Naiire, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd 14115, Iran; n.salmani{at}sbmu.ac.ir Background One of the barriers to the integration of ...

How do senior hospital doctors perceive their role in supporting junior colleagues with navigating ethical issues in end-of-life care?

Aim This study aims to systematically evaluate the effects of palliative care on the quality of life, anxiety level, depression level, cardiac function, readmission rate and mortality rate among ...

Background Bleeding at the end of life is distressing. The use of enteral and intravenous tranexamic acid (TA) to manage bleeding is established. The delivery of TA via continuous subcutaneous ...

Introduction Bereavement support comes in different forms and degrees of formality, reflecting the varying needs of bereaved people. Following the Covid-19 pandemic there is renewed interest in ...

Objectives Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a complex, novel treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory haematological malignancies. Despite its advancement, research on the ...

Objectives Polypharmacy can increase symptom burden and reduce quality of life in palliative care patients. The Drug Burden Index (DBI) measures patients’ exposure to anticholinergic and sedative ...

Correspondence to Professor Nigel Trudgill, Department of Gastroenterology, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK; nigel.trudgill{at}nhs.net Objective The study aimed to assess ...

Background Rituals are a universal phenomenon in human culture, which act to support and process transitions and challenges. The objective of this integrative review was to synthesise the evidence for ...

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Introduction People living in more deprived areas of England have shorter life expectancy at birth and live more years in poor health than those in less deprived areas (Office for National Statistics.