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1 day ago · BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care holds an inclusive view of supportive and palliative care research and we are able to call on expertise to critique the whole range of methodologies within the subject, including those working in transitional research, clinical trials, epidemiology, behavioural sciences, ethics and health service research. The Journal is …
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In an international context, many different categories of clinician and healthcare workers do clinical work associated with palliative medicine, specialist or generalist palliative care, supportive care, psychosocial-oncology and end of life care.
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Oct 13, 2024 · Read more about Expand research into the implementation of palliative care trigger tools for oncology patients upon ICU admission to improve patient outcomes at end of life.
Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool prognostic value in ...
Background An increasing number of older patients are hospitalised. Prognostic uncertainty causes hospital doctors to be reluctant to make the switch from cure to care. The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) has not been validated for prognostication in an older hospitalised population. Aim To validate SPICT as a prognostic tool for …
Palliative care outpatients and improved documentation—what …
Objective Patients needs should be regularly assessed. We aimed to improve assessment and documentation of needs from baseline 25% in June 2022 to 75% in December 2022. Methods The A3, a structured problem-solving continuous-improvement methodology was used. Fish-bone analysis and pareto charts identified root causes; key drivers and interventions were developed. Interventions included (1 ...
Short-term mortality and palliative care use after delayed hospital ...
Objectives In Canada, patients whose acute medical issues have been resolved but are awaiting discharge from hospital are designated as alternate level of care (ALC). We investigated short-term mortality and palliative care use following ALC designation in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study …
Palliative rehabilitation and quality of life: systematic review and ...
Oct 18, 2024 · Importance International guidelines recommend the integration of multidisciplinary rehabilitation into palliative care services but its impact on quality of life across disease types is not well understood. Objective To determine the effect of multidisciplinary palliative rehabilitation on quality of life and healthcare service outcomes for adults with an …
Enhanced supportive care in cancer centres: national cross …
Mar 12, 2024 · Objectives ‘ Early’ specialist palliative care (SPC) has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with advanced cancer, yet patients are often referred late. ‘Enhanced supportive care’ (ESC) aims to facilitate earlier integrated supportive care for those with incurable cancer. This study aimed to explore clinicians’ understanding of ESC/SPC delivery through description of current ...
The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: …
Introduction. The Surprise Question, ‘Would you be surprised if this person were to die within the next year?’ is a simple prompt, originally developed to help healthcare professionals identify patients who are nearing the end of life who might require additional support and access to palliative care services.1 Anticipated prognosis is a major driver of …
Palliative care in severe mental disorders: a scoping review
Oct 30, 2024 · Background The WHO defines palliative care (PC) as an approach to improving the quality of life for patients and their families. Within this context, palliative psychiatry (PP) emerges. The present study undertakes a scoping review of research on the applicability of PC in people with severe mental disorders. Methods Nine online databases were used to identify articles published without time ...