Background There has been a recent increase in concern regarding the use of opioid medications in syringe drivers following the publicised report of the Gosport Inquiry, 2018. In our own clinical ...

Introduction The role of Assistant Practitioner (AP) was first formally defined in 2002 and is widely considered a pioneering role able to work semi-autonomously across various health and social care ...

Background General practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) face increasing demands to provide end-of-life care (EoLC) as the population ages. To enhance primary palliative care (PC), ...

Objectives Little is known about hearing loss and tinnitus associated with neurotoxic chemotherapy. Study evaluated for differences in occurrence rates and effects of hearing loss and tinnitus in ...

Lack of knowledge about palliative care is one of the most common reasons for hindering the delivery of high-quality ...

Background Negative perceptions about palliative care (PC), held by patients with cancer and their families, are a barrier to early referral and the associated benefits. This review examines the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on cancer care. Studies have looked at how the pandemic affected palliative care delivery for patients with cancer,1 but little is known on access ...

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Correspondence to Mona Mataqi, Department of Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences institution, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; mamataqi{at}hotmail.com Background Dementia is a progressive ...

Objectives This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of bereavement support interventions (BSIs) for parents of an infant or a child who has died from a medical condition or in ...

Introduction Resilience based supervision (RBS) is underpinned by the principles of compassion-focused therapy (Gilbert, 2010), which maintains behaviours are motivated by three emotional systems: ...