A palliative care journal publishing research, reviews and editorials to aid all clinicians supporting patients with life limiting illnesses.

Virtual reality interventions for mental health and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and narrative synthesis – outcomes, techniques, processes and mechanisms ...

Background Virtual reality (VR) technology as a therapeutic intervention has been gaining attention in healthcare settings in recent years. Studies suggest that using the technology can help alleviate ...

In January 2025, President Trump immediately paused US foreign development assistance, upending healthcare in many low- and middle-income countries. The scale of the lost funding is substantial. The ...

Background Pain is the second most prevalent symptom in patients with cancer after fatigue and is highly debilitating. There is an increasing emphasis on the prescription of non-pharmacological ...

Purpose To assess the association of venous thromboembolism (VTE) on the overall survival (OS) of patients with gynaecological cancer (GC) according to tumour topography. Methods This study comprises ...

Background Guidelines recommend early palliative care (PC) integration in advanced cancers. This remains a challenge in countries with high cancer burden and limited PC access. We report the quality ...

Objectives Facial airflow from a hand-held fan (fan) hastens recovery from exertional breathlessness. We aimed to determine the effect of different airflow speeds on recovery from exertional ...

Introduction Historically, paramedics have focused on life-saving and curative Care. Today a growing body of evidence suggests many patients seek support from the ambulance service for Palliative and ...

Objective To analyse differences in the last month of life (LMoL) of patients with paediatric cancer, classified depending on if they were included in an integrated home–hospital paediatric palliative ...

He was a middle-aged male with severe infection of the right leg which had already been amputated. Now, his left leg was infected too. An infectious diseases physician and orthopaedic surgeon ...

Objective Physical functioning (PF), emotional functioning (EF), overall quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) such as walking and toilet transfer are the primary outcomes of ...