Background Children with life-limiting conditions often have complex needs, making it challenging for services to provide satisfactory care. Few studies consider whether services actually meet ...
Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...
Background Living with advanced, incurable disease presents multifaceted adversities which negatively impact on various domains of well-being (McCaffrey, Bradley, Ratcliffe et al., 2016). Whilst ...
Introduction Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by overstimulation of serotonin receptors. Clinical manifestations include altered mental state, autonomic ...
Objective The concept of a good death is a motivating factor for end of life care policy; this article examines what English end-of-life care (EOLC) policy defines as a good death. Methods Critical ...
Background Phase of Illness (POI) is one of the measures in the Outcome Assessment and Complexity Collaborative (OACC) suite of measures, and describes the current stage in the patient’s illness ...
Background Oral complications in palliative care patients are very common. Guidelines for oral care of these patients are available from several different sources within the UK. However, these ...