Background In end-of-life care, symptoms of discomfort are mainly managed by drug
therapy, the guidelines for which are mainly based on expert opinions. A few papers have …

Purpose To examine what pain and adjuvant medication is prescribed in palliative care
patients at home in The Netherlands. Methods In a nationwide, representative, prospective …

Background Symptomatic control is essential in palliative care, particularly in end-of-life, in
which the pathophysiological changes that characterize this last phase of life strengthen the …

Background: The purpose of medication management in the last days of life is to optimize
patient's comfort. Little is known about the medication use in the days before death and how …

Context Palliative care for the older person is often limited, resulting in poor quality of dying.
Pharmacological management can be one of the components to achieve better symptom …

Purpose Despite advances in cancer treatment, patients still die with unnecessary suffering.
Therefore, high-quality end-of-life care is needed. Variations in medication use at the end of …

Background The aim of prescribing medication in palliative end-of-life care should be
symptom control. Data are lacking regarding the prescription of medication at the end of life …

The development of palliative medicine in inpatient units in Germany has been impressive in
the last years. As a first step of quality assurance, a core documentation form was developed …

Background: Information on medication use in the last months of life is limited. Aim: To
describe which medications are prescribed and deprescribed in advanced cancer patients …

Purpose: The roles of a pharmacist in hospice and inpatient palliative care settings have
been described. However, no reports of a palliative care pharmacist in an ambulatory care …