Background Intraoperative deaths, though statistically rare, may evoke varied emotions among operating room (OR) staff that remain underrecognized and inadequately addressed. Aim To synthesise the ...

Relational nature of decision-making between patients with advanced illness and their caregivers in palliative care: a systematic review and narrative synthesis ...

Objectives To analyse healthcare utilisation and costs in the last year of life in England, and to study variation by cause of death, region of patient residence and socioeconomic status. Methods This ...

6 General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK Objective To develop a novel prognostic indicator for use in ...

Objective More than 90% of people spend time in hospital in the last year of life and, in many developed countries, hospitals are the setting in which most people will die. Previous research indicates ...

Objectives Assisted dying has been legally available in Oregon in the USA for 25 years, since when official reports have been published each year detailing the number of people who have used this ...

Introduction Racism is an underlying cause of inequity in health. Little is known about whether and how racism is experienced within specialist palliative care services. Aims To explore whether and ...

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, ...

Objectives To outline the jurisprudential position in UK law regarding capital punishment, the death penalty and contrast this with proposed legislation for assisted dying and euthanasia (AD/E).

Correspondence to Barbara Kimbell, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Doorway 3, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, ...

Objectives Suffering is common among patients with advanced cancer. The practice of mindfulness during patient care can potentially reduce suffering. We aimed to examine the efficacy of ...

Background Agitation is a common symptom at the end of life; without prompt assessment and management it can cause significant distress to patients and relatives. Clinical practice in the ...