BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and high-flow nasal therapy (HFNT) in palliative care: a critical narrative review

Background Dyspnoea is a prevalent, debilitating symptom in advanced life-limiting illnesses. While opioids and non-pharmacological measures remain foundational, refractory breathlessness presents a ...
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Virtual supportive oncology in a multi-speciality cancer network: demographic profiles, rural-urban utilisation patterns and operational performance

Objectives Virtual health has the potential to improve access to supportive oncology and improve operational performance; ...
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Decisional regret in oncology: a scoping review

Background Decisional regret (DR) is an important patient-reported outcome, reflecting patients’ retrospective evaluation of ...
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Minimal clinically important differences and the illusion of precision

Objective Minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) are used in palliative care trials to guide sample size ...
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Effects of specialised nutritional interventions in patients with incurable cancer: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Livia Costa de Oliveira, Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; lillycostaoliveira{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate current evidence of the ...
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Online First

Urgent need for system reform in future care planning, access to palliative care and care coordination ...
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The impact of gastrostomy in motor neurone disease: challenges and benefits from a patient and carer perspective

2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Christopher J McDermott, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), ...
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Why we need more poetry in palliative care

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth A Davies, Cancer Epidemiology, Population and Global Health, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, ...
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Existential distress: identification and management by hospice and palliative medicine fellows

Correspondence to Dr Angela Yeh, Department of Medicine, Palliative Care Section, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; ayeh{at}mednet.ucla.edu Given the multidimensional ...
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Symptom reduction in palliative care from single session mindful breathing: a randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to Dr Mei Ling Look, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 68100, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia; entitylml{at}yahoo.com Context There has been increasing evidence of the ...
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Pharmacovigilance in hospice/palliative care: the net immediate and short-term effects of dexamethasone for anorexia

Objectives Loss of appetite is prevalent in palliative care and distressing for patients and families. Therapies include corticosteroids or progestogens. This study explores the net effect of ...
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Research challenges in palliative and end of life care

Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...