Primary care clinicians face difficult conversations with patients across the life cycle. As
clinicians care for patients in different health states, the focus of these challenging …

BACKGROUND: Delirium has been the most frequent neuropsychiatric complication in
patients with advanced cancer. This exploratory study aimed to determine the proportion of …

There is evidence of improved effectiveness of specialised palliative care for terminally ill
patients in comparison to conventional care. However, there is uncertainty about which …

PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE PROGRAMS have grown rapidly in recent years in
response to both growth in the population living with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening …

The population of the earth is aging, and as medical techniques, pharmaceuticals, and
devices push the boundaries of human physiological capabilities, more humans will go on to …

Objective: The problem of boredom in people with cancer has received little research
attention, and yet clinical experience suggests that it has the potential to profoundly affect …

Objective: Significant levels of depressive symptoms are an impediment to adjustment and
affect greater than one-third of people with cancer. The clinical diagnosis of major …

Make your patients' final days as comfortable as possible! There are few situations more
challenging and emotionally taxing to a medical professional than the care of the terminally …

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 31, 911–921 Summary Background Opioid‐induced constipation is
a common adverse event in patients with advanced illness and has a significant negative …

This purpose of this article is to promote comprehensive assessment, differential evaluation
and provision of care which optimizes benefit while minimizing burden. Delirium is a …