Background When the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown, we had no foresight into how our referrals would change in the forthcoming years. Average time on caseload has reduced to eleven days (Hospiscare.

Objectives Patients with indicators for palliative care, such as those with advanced life-limiting conditions, are at risk of futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if they suffer out-of-hospital ...

Background Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a simple and common self-help technique, which is also known as ‘Tapping’. It combines elements of exposure therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and ...

Target symptom-guided prescribing in home-based specialist palliative care: prospective quality improvement study ...

Objectives Patients with severe heart failure (HF) suffer from a high symptom burden and high mortality. European and Swedish guidelines for HF care recommend palliative care for these patients.

Introduction This article presents a narrative review of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy as a promising intervention for addressing anxiety, depression and psycho-existential distress in patients ...

1 Health Economics Unit, School of Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK 2 Nursing & Health Economics Unit, School of Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK ...

Aim This study aims to systematically evaluate the effects of palliative care on the quality of life, anxiety level, depression level, cardiac function, readmission rate and mortality rate among ...

Background Prognostic disclosure is essential to informed decision making in oncology, yet many oncologists are unsure how to successfully facilitate this discussion. This scoping review determines ...

Introduction Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, often associated with a poor quality of life and poor prognosis. There is limited national guidance on management of ...

Quality of life and symptoms in acute myeloid leukaemia with early palliative care: real-world observational study (24 March, 2026) ...

Background Spirituality is considered important to people at the end-of-life (García-Navarro, Medina-Ortega, García Navarro. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;19(1):227) but the concept is not ...