Pain in cancer patients remains common and is often associated with insufficient prescribing
of targeted analgesia. An explanation for undertreatment could be the failure to identify …

Background: Neuropathic pain causes greater pain intensity and worse quality of life than
nociceptive pain. There are no published data that confirm this in the cancer population …

Background: Corneal donation is a sight restoring procedure. Internationally demand
exceeds supply. It is a tissue that palliative care patients may be able to donate, yet donation …

Background: Corneal transplantation can lead to sight restoration, but globally there is a
donor shortage. Many palliative care patients can donate their corneas but think they are …

There is a need to identify additional routes of supply for ophthalmic tissue in the UK. This
paper reports the findings from a national study exploring the potential for eye donation (ED) …

Objectives New routes for supply of eye tissue are needed in the UK to support transplant
surgery and medical research. Hospice care (HC) and Hospital-based Palliative care (HPC) …

Methods We identied 100 consecutive hospice inpatient deaths in a 32-bedded hospice
during the period September to December 2008 and performed a retrospective case notes …

Patients die in hospital every day, some receiving suboptimal care. This article focuses on
the care of these patients in their last days specifically discussing medication review …

Eye donation in Palliative and Hospice care settings: patient views and missed
opportunities. Background There is a global shortage of donated eye tissue for use in sight …

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) can be lifesaving for patients with severe heart
failure. In the UK, they are used as a bridge to transplantation or myocardial recovery by …