Objective Digital health technologies are increasingly used across cancer care, yet evidence specific to community-based ...

Background Training in palliative care is essential to prepare healthcare professionals to provide compassionate care. Traditional methods often fail to equip students with necessary skills and ...

Validation and modification of a short-term survival index using shock index and consciousness in terminal cancer patients: a multicentre prospective cohort study ...

Correspondence to Dr Tatsuma Sakaguchi, Palliative Care Centre, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan; sakaguchi.tatsuma{at}gmail.com Introduction Although there is low-quality evidence, ...

Introduction An interdisciplinary team approach to patients in specialised palliative care is recommended; however, the composition of the professionals tends to vary, and the roles of ...

OIN is common. Even within a limited and methodologically heterogeneous literature, prevalence estimates range from 6% to 38% in palliative care populations, with three of the more recent robust ...

Palliative care integrated with standard oncology treatment improves symptoms, quality of life and communication, and may extend survival in select populations. However, its integration into routine ...

Objective Physical functioning (PF), emotional functioning (EF), overall quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) such as walking and toilet transfer are the primary outcomes of ...

Conversations, connections & communities Patient & family care Bereavement, loss & grief Collaboration, service models & development Equity of access The digital world Data, outcomes & generating ...

Objectives To identify and investigate different cohorts of cancer patients’ use of physical rehabilitation and specialised palliative care (SPC) services, focusing on patients with incurable cancer ...

Background Since 2016, the US Medicare programme has reimbursed physicians and advanced practice providers for advance care planning (ACP) discussions; however, social workers—who play a critical role ...

Background Trismus, or limitation of mouth opening, is a common and debilitating toxicity affecting 23%–28% of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors treated with radiotherapy. Beyond its classification ...