Introduction Following a review of organisational culture in 2013, Schwartz Centre Rounds (SCR) were introduced to Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead (MCHH). Aiming to promote a ‘one hospice’ ethos, the ...

Background Pain assessment in cognitive impaired patients can be complicated by the fact that many cannot communicate verbally. Individuals with cognitive impairment are at risk of developing drug ...

Background In their first year as a doctor, F1s will care for 40 patients who will die and 120 patients in the last year of life. However, research shows junior doctors are often unprepared. We ...

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...

Introduction Electronic Key Information Summaries (KIS) are shared electronic patient records widely used throughout Scotland. 1 These allow selected parts of the GP patient record to be routinely ...

Correspondence to Dr Leticia Rubio, Department of Human Anatomy, Legal and Forensic Medicine, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain; lorubio{at}uma.es Background Palliative care knowledge is essential ...

Objectives Facilitated advance care planning (ACP) helps family carers’ to be aware of patient preferences. It can improve family carers’ involvement in decision making and their overall experiences ...

Introduction Patient-reported outcomes are an integral part of modern healthcare. We report a comparison of symptom item content from several validated cancer instruments to that of a published ...

Background It is essential that the physical environments in which inpatient palliative care is provided support the needs of patients and the facilitate the multidimensional delivery of palliative ...

Background Family carers are vital in the management and delivery of home-based palliative care. Decision-makers need to know what the most commonly expressed unmet needs of family carers are to ...