Nepean Hospital is set to welcome a dedicated palliative care unit, the first specialist facility of its kind in the area. Nepean Palliative care unit consumer focus group session. The new palliative ...

Background: Palliative care teams’ support practices for bereavement vary substantially. Clinical guidelines are needed to promote concerted, evidence-based intervention. The goal of the present study ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Zimmermann, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; camilla.zimmermann{at}uhn.ca Objective WHO ...

Context A rapid method of methadone conversion known as the Perth Protocol is commonly used in Australian palliative care units. There has been no follow ... Methods This is a retrospective chart ...

This publication is designed to support organisations in improving how enhanced therapeutic observations and care (ETOC) is provided and managed. It focuses on how to use ETOC data to understand ...

When doctors told Shanna Sieck that her nearly 7-year-old son Mason needed to be put in hospice after his five-year-long battle with cancer, her family moved from Grinnell into a care center in ...

While palliative care remains an uncommon offering among home-based health care providers, forward-thinking providers have recognized a growing market demand and are strategically expanding their ...

the King experienced temporary side effects that required a short period of observation in hospital. “His Majesty’s afternoon engagements were therefore postponed. His Majesty has now returned ...

Ongoing shortages of opioid medicines are impacting palliative care patients, with some unable to access medications that typically relieve pain, distress and discomfort. Some people have ended up ...

The couple tied the knot at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick where Carol, who has inoperable stomach cancer, was being cared for. Fighting back tears, Carol, aged 75, from ...

One key consensus in the debates surrounding the bill was that while palliative care in the UK can be excellent, its provision and funding are often inconsistent, inadequate, and must be improved. In ...

NEW DELHI: In a first, India chaired the prestigious UN-backed Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and pledged to commit to improving global and domestic pain relief and palliative care access.