Correspondence to Dr Hamed Mohammadi, Department of Clinical nutrition School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, ...

How may communities be mobilised to help someone dying at home? This conceptual article outlines the thinking behind an innovative compassionate community project being developed at Weston-super-Mare, ...

1 Palliative and End of Life Care Group in Cambridge (PELiCAM), Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK 2 Nottingham Centre for ...

Objectives To evaluate the incidence, pattern and risk factors of early cardiotoxicity and to assess the impact of undernutrition in children with Wilms tumour (WT) and hepatoblastoma receiving ...

Background Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is generally considered an incurable disease, and patients require continuous systematic treatment. Receiving the diagnosis and treatment of MBC is a ...

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 ...

Objectives Psychological distress is a common yet under-recognised complication in cancer patients, significantly affecting quality of life, treatment adherence and clinical outcomes. Patients with ...

Background The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) ran a national Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service evaluation from 2013, using the Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care (FAMCARE-2) ...

Background One in four UK adults are deaf, rising to 80% of the over 70s (Akeroyd, Munro. Int J Audiol. 2024;63(9):659-660) – therefore deaf people represent a high proportion of those interacting ...

Background Reviews and inquiries into end of life care for people with learning disabilities consistently recommend that services involve them in end of life care planning. However, there is limited ...

Background When dietary intakes are insufficient, oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are valuable allies to ensure effective nutritional care for patients with cancer. ONS benefits in preventing and ...

Background Supportive care is a commonly provided health service for people with cancer, but less is known about how this model of care is implemented in populations with non-malignant, but ...