This critical review interrogates what we know about how poverty and deprivation impact
people at the end of life and what more we need to uncover. While we know that people in …

COVID-19 mortality disproportionally affects nursing homes, creating enormous pressures to
deliver high-quality end-of-life care. Comprehensive palliative care should be an explicit part …

Background: Ethical issues arise daily in the delivery of palliative care. Despite much
(largely theoretical) literature, evidence from specialist palliative care practitioners about day …

Background: Uptake of advance care planning in routine nursing home care is low. Through
extensive literature review, theoretical development, and stakeholder involvement, we …

Background older people with cancer are at risk of complex and fluctuating health problems,
but little is known about the extent to which their well-being changes in the last years of life …

Abstract Background The Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) has been explicitly
recommended to assess suffering in dementia patients. This study aimed to develop a …

Mucositis is a debilitating and severe side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It is
responsible for reducing the patient's quality of life and represents a significant economic …

A syringe driver is a device used for administering medications subcutaneously to patients in
a range of healthcare settings (Dickman and Schneider, 2016). However, this device is most …

The purpose of this in-depth case study is to explore the work of musicians in end-of-life
care. In this study, a healthcare musician is considered to be a professional who has both an …

Abstract The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association jointly
released guidelines stating that all patients with a new diagnosis of stroke should receive …