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March 2013 - Volume 3 - 1

Special issue: Supportive and palliative care beyond cancer

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care: 3 (1)

Editorials

Editor's choice (1 March, 2013)
Bill Noble
End-of-life care for non-cancer patients (1 March, 2013)
Jason Boland, Miriam J Johnson

Letters

Risperidone-induced neutropenia: an adverse side-effect in the palliative management of delirium in a patient with lymphoma (24 October, 2012)
Helen Farrell, Peter Eastman
Life-sustaining medical devices at the end of life (1 November, 2012)
Maria McKenna, Neil Wrightson, Claud Regnard, Stephen Clark
Subcutaneous furosemide as palliative treatment in patients with advanced and terminal-phase heart failure (14 December, 2012)
Javier Galindo-Ocaña, Juan Romero-Mena, Juan Ramón Castillo-Ferrando, Carmen Aguilera-González, Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel, Manuel Ollero-Baturone
Withdrawal of life-sustaining medical devices at the end of life (1 March, 2013)
James M Beattie
Response to withdrawal of life-sustaining medical devices and advance care planning (3 January, 2013)
Maria McKenna, Neil Wrightson, Claud Regnard, Stephen Clark

Features

Using care profiles as a catalyst for improving end of life commissioning, involvement and service delivery (2 August, 2012)
Robert Gandy, Brenda Roe
How to design and implement palliative care public health programmes: foundation measures. An operational paper by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (4 October, 2012)
Xavier Gómez-Batiste, Jan Stjernsward, Jose Espinosa, Marisa Martínez-Muñoz, Jordi Trelis, Carles Constante
An exploration of the word ‘palliative’ in the 19th century: searching the BMJ archives for clues (14 November, 2012)
Mark Taubert, Helen Fielding, Emma Mathews, Ricky Frazer

News and notes

News and updates from palliativedrugs.com (1 March, 2013)
Andrew Wilcock, Sarah Charlesworth

Short cuts

Articles of interest in other scholarly journals (1 March, 2013)
Jason Boland

Review

Public attitudes to death and dying in the UK: a review of published literature (2 November, 2012) Free
Karen Cox, Lydia Bird, Anthony Arthur, Sheila Kennedy, Kristian Pollock, Arun Kumar, Wendy Stanton, Jane Seymour

Research

Defining the palliative care patient: its challenges and implications for service delivery (31 May, 2012)
Helen Mitchell, Simon Noble, Ilora Finlay, Annmarie Nelson
Development of a generic working definition of ‘supportive care’ (2 August, 2012)
Fiona Cramp, Michael I Bennett
Cultural understanding in the provision of supportive and palliative care: perspectives in relation to an indigenous population (3 May, 2012)
Grace Johnston, Adele Vukic, Skylan Parker
Collaborative palliative care for advanced heart failure: outcomes and costs from the ‘Better Together’ pilot study (4 September, 2012)
Jill F Pattenden, Anne R Mason, R J P Lewin
Who, why and when: stroke care unit patients seen by a palliative care service within a large metropolitan teaching hospital (3 January, 2013)
Peter Eastman, Gillian McCarthy, Caroline A Brand, Louise Weir, Alexandra Gorelik, Brian Le
‘I wish I knew more ...’ the end-of-life planning and information needs for end-stage fibrotic interstitial lung disease: views of patients, carers and health professionals (27 September, 2012)
Sabrina Bajwah, Jonathan Koffman, Irene J Higginson, Joy R Ross, Athol U Wells, Surinder S Birring, Julia Riley
Anticipatory prescribing in terminal care at home: what challenges do community health professionals encounter? (27 September, 2012)
Christina Faull, Kate Windridge, Elizabeth Ockleford, Michael Hudson
Uptake of methylnaltrexone in Australian patients with opioid-induced constipation: a review of the number of prescriptions presented in the first 12 months of subsidisation (14 November, 2012)
Katherine Clark, Debra Rowett, Maxine Robinson, David C Currow

Case report

Paediatric palliative care: intravenous methylnaltrexone relieves constipation (1 November, 2012)
Daniel Yeomanson, Osman Chohan, Anton Mayer

Education

Interpreting educational evidence for practice: are autopsies a missed educational opportunity to learn core palliative care principles? (14 December, 2012)
Sarah Yardley
Instruments used to measure the effectiveness of palliative care education initiatives at the undergraduate level: a critical literature review (30 November, 2012)
Rosemary Ann Frey, Merryn Gott, Hayley Neil

Book reviews

‘Heart Failure: From Advanced Disease to Bereavement’, by Miriam Johnson, Karen Hogg and James Beattie (18 January, 2013)
Vaughan Keeley
‘Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days’, by Harvey Max Chochinov (7 January, 2013)
Rachel Vedder

Poem

The Death-Bed (1 March, 2013)

Abstracts

Marie Curie abstracts

Oral Presentations: LIVING AND DYING WITH LIVER FAILURE: A SERIAL INTERVIEW STUDY (1 March, 2013)
B Kimbell, M Kendall, K Boyd, S A Murray
Oral Presentations: THE BEHAVIOUR AND PAIN (BEPAID) STUDY: DEMENTIA PATIENTS WHO DIE IN THE ACUTE HOSPITAL (1 March, 2013)
K Lord, N White, S Scott, E L Sampson
Oral Presentations: PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE IN PRISONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES: DO INEQUALITIES EXIST? A SURVEY OF HEALTHCARE MANAGERS (1 March, 2013)
A J Fletcher, S Payne, D Waterman, M Turner
Oral Presentations: A NATIONAL SURVEY EXPLORING VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT TRANSFERRING PATIENTS FROM CRITICAL CARE HOME TO DIE (1 March, 2013)
A S E Darlington, T Long-Sutehall, J Addington-Hall, A Richardson, M A Coombs
Oral Presentations: FAMILY CARERS' DELIVERY OF MEDICATIONS FOR THE PERSON DYING AT HOME: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE ‘UNPACKING THE HOME’ STUDY (1 March, 2013)
M Turner, D Seamark, C Milligan, C Thomas, S G Brearley, X Wang, S Blake, S Payne
Posters: PATIENTS AND CARERS EXPERIENCE OF LIVING WITH A COMPLEX AND RARE NEUROLOGICAL AND PALLIATIVE DIAGNOSIS (1 March, 2013)
Emma R Day, Liz Garrood, A M Draper, P Smith
Posters: PSYCHO-STIMULANTS FOR DEPRESSION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FROM RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (1 March, 2013)
B Candy, L Jones, B Leurent, A Tookman, M King
Posters: PLACE OF CARE TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE-THREATENING AND LIFE-LIMITING CONDITIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW (1 March, 2013)
E Beecham, P Kelly, B Candy, L Jones, M Bluebond-Langner
Posters: A MISMATCH OF EXPECTATIONS? POWER, HIERARCHY AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CLINICAL STAFF AND THE OLDER PERSON APPROACHING END-OF-LIFE AND THEIR OLDER LOVED ONES (1 March, 2013)
C Dobbs, S Carnes Chichlowska
Posters: VARIATION IN THE CARE OF BLOOD AND BOWEL CANCER PATIENTS AT THE END OF LIFE: FEASIBILITY OF USING HOSPITAL EPISODE STATISTICS TO EXAMINE NATIONAL PATTERNS (1 March, 2013)
E V Kane, E Morris, E Bolton, J Wilkinson, D Howell, M Johnson, U McLeod, S E Oliver
Posters: MORECARE CAPACITY: MENTAL CAPACITY AND PROCESSES OF CONSENT FOR RESEARCH ON END-OF-LIFE CARE (1 March, 2013)
K Stone, M Hotopf, J Koffman, P Lewis, B Wee, W Bernal, IJ Higginson, C J Evans
Posters: HANDLE WITH CARE: ADVANCE CARE PLANNING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS (1 March, 2013)
S Mitchell, J Dale
Posters: CHANGES IN PLACE OF DEATH PREFERENCES IN PATIENTS RECEIVING SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE NOTE REVIEW (1 March, 2013)
R Evans, A Finucane, L Vanhegan, L Arnold, D Oxenham
Posters: REMOTE AND RURAL: THE FORGOTTEN INEQUITY (1 March, 2013)
J Layden, H Bunch, D Hekerem, L Millar, V Maxwell
Posters: ARE PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH SAMPLES BIASED? RESULTS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERIENCED PALLIATIVE CARE STAFF (1 March, 2013)
N J Preston, SJ Payne, S Salt, A Griggs, J Rigby, A Parr, J Hennings
Posters: ENCOURAGING AND DISCOURAGING TALK ABOUT ILLNESS PROGRESSION, DYING AND DEATH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH (1 March, 2013)
R H Parry, V Land, J Seymour
Posters: A PHASE I-II FEASIBILITY TRIAL OF CANCER CARER MEDICINES MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW (1 March, 2013)
S Latter, J Hopkinson, A Richardson, E Lowson, S Duke, S Anstey, M Bennett, P Smith, C May
Posters: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS: EVALUATING A MARIE CURIE HOSPICE PROJECT AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE BY MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS (1 March, 2013)
J Baillie, E Harrop, A Byrne, K Stephens, A Nelson
Posters: BROADENING ACCESS; AN INTEGRATED SPECIALIST NURSE LED PALLIATIVE CARE CLINIC WITHIN A GENERAL PRACTICE SETTING (1 March, 2013)
E Harrop, J Baillie, A Byrne, K Stephens, A Nelson
Posters: ‘NEW’ POPULATION, NEW CHALLENGES: YOUNG ADULTS IN PALLIATIVE CARE (1 March, 2013)
S Sivell, V Lidstone, M Taubert, C Thompson, A Nelson
Posters: A STUDY OF SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND END-OF-LIFE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH HEART FAILURE AND LUNG CANCER IN ENGLAND (1 March, 2013)
B Hanratty, E Lowson, G Grande, J Addington-Hall, J Seymour, S Payne
Posters: RECOGNISING THE INFLUENCE OF INTER-PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS ON END OF LIFE CARE TRANSITIONS: VIEWS OF BEREAVED CARERS AND PROFESSIONALS (1 March, 2013)
N Valtorta, B Hanratty, E Lowson, G Grande, J Addington-Hall, J Seymour, S Payne
Posters: AN EVALUATION OF THE MARIE CURIE HELPER SERVICE (1 March, 2013)
T Prentice, A Knox, G Bukowski, S Durkacz, K Duxbury, A Quigley
Posters: AN INTRODUCTION TO BRIGHTLIGHT ON END OF LIFE CARE FOR YOUNG ADULTS: WHAT DO YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED AND HOW CAN IT BEST BE DELIVERED? (1 March, 2013)
J Whelan, S Pearce, L Jones, C Stirling, R Hough, V Riley, L Fern, S Morris, T Moran, A Tookman, M Flatley, G Wong, R Taylor, F Gibson
Posters: IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF HIV OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (1 March, 2013)
L Gordge, L Selman, R Harding, I J Higginson, V Simms, S Penfold, R A Powell, F Mwangi-Powell, J Dowing, N Gikaara, G Munene
Posters: HOW REPRESENTATIVE ARE PATIENTS WHO ACCESS THE MARIE CURIE NURSING SERVICE OF THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO DIE EACH YEAR IN ENGLAND? (1 March, 2013)
T Georghiou, M Cooke, M Bardsley

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