1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK 2 School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK Correspondence to Jayne ...

Correspondence to Dr Nicola White, Division of Psychiatry, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Departent, University College London, London W1T7NF, UK; n.g.white{at}ucl.ac.uk Objectives To determine ...

4 Henrietta Szold-Hadassah–Hebrew University School of Nursing in the Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel 7 Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Interprofessional ...

Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...

Objectives To examine the effects of nurse-led interventions on the health-related quality of life, symptom burden and self-management/behavioural outcomes in women ...

Objective The concept of a good death is a motivating factor for end of life care policy; this article examines what English end-of-life care (EOLC) policy defines as a good death. Methods Critical ...

Correspondence to Dr Kirsty Boyd, Palliative Care Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; kirsty.boyd{at}ed.ac.uk Objective To refine and evaluate a ...

Objectives Restriction of raw fruits and vegetables (neutropenic diet) is advised for patients receiving treatment for acute leukaemia in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) to reduce ...

Objectives This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of bereavement support interventions (BSIs) for parents of an infant or a child who has died from a medical condition or in ...

Background Children with life-limiting conditions often have complex needs, making it challenging for services to provide satisfactory care. Few studies consider whether services actually meet ...

Objectives Palliative patients generally prefer to be cared for and die at home. Overly aggressive treatments place additional strain on already burdened patients and healthcare services, contributing ...

Background Substantial uncertainty exists about the prevalence of depression in patients with gastric cancer. We aimed to summarise the global and regional pooled prevalence of depression among ...