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 ...

Correspondence to Mona Mataqi, Department of Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences institution, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; mamataqi{at}hotmail.com Background Dementia is a progressive ...

Background Despite legal advancements like gay marriage, LGBTQ+ individuals often face significant barriers in accessing equitable end-of-life care, exacerbated by healthcare professionals’ limited ...

Introduction Serotonin syndrome (SS) is an iatrogenic, potentially life-threatening, condition associated with a number of non-specific symptoms for which there is no objective diagnostic test. The ...

Introduction Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by overstimulation of serotonin receptors. Clinical manifestations include altered mental state, autonomic ...

Investing in your brand and building a strong brand strategy, which is aligned to your vision and mission, is essential to the overall success of a charity. There are around 168,500 charities in the ...

Background The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines state that palliative care options for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) should be discussed. Aims To investigate ...

Background A growing body of research indicates that physicians suffer high levels of stress, depression and burnout. Related literature has found that physician stress can negatively impact patient ...

Background The use of ranitidine subcutaneously has been well established in palliative care for symptom control of vomiting, gastric secretions, gastric protection and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Introduction In 2015 the Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP), facilitated by the James Lind Alliance, published a top-ten list of unanswered questions relating to ...

Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for people who are dying. Key features among these standards have been the professional development of ...

Correspondence to Dr Catherine Sweeney, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, Cork, Ireland; c.sweeney{at}ucc.ie Background The need for ...