In January 2025, President Trump immediately paused US foreign development assistance, upending healthcare in many low- and ...

Using a systematic approach covering virtue ethics, deontology and a brief overview of other ethical and moral considerations ...

Objective To explore how bereaved family members recall managing end of life medications when delivering care to a patient dying at home in England. Design Qualitative study. Setting Domestic homes in ...

Delirium is a common condition in palliative care (11-40% prevalence), is often distressing for patients and families and can result in a high care burden for staff. Despite this, delirium is often ...

Context Numerous studies have shown that gratitude can reduce stress and improve quality of life. Objective Our study aimed to examine the effect of mindful gratitude journaling on suffering, ...

Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...

Correspondence to Dr Mei Ling Look, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 68100, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia; entitylml{at}yahoo.com Context There has been increasing evidence of the ...

As a large multi-disciplinary community palliative care team, together we have experienced a whole range of unexpected and unprecedented demands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021 to ...

Background The prompt availability of medications to manage symptoms is key to high quality end-of-life care and anticipatory prescribing of these drugs is thought good practice. This study explored ...

Background Increasing complexity in all healthcare settings requires a range of creative educational strategies for multidisciplinary (MDT) learning. A SWOT analysis of, and feedback from existing ...

Background Advanced clinical practice is a level of practice in which a practitioner has demonstrated an ability to work autonomously at a high level across four key pillars of advanced practice which ...