Place of death is at times suggested as an outcome for palliative care services. This study
aimed to describe longitudinal preferences for place of care and place of death over time for …

Purpose: Cancer specialists can facilitate timely and appropriate access to specialized
palliative care (SPC) services. To better match patients' needs with access to SPC services …

CONTEXT: Pruritus associated with hepatic or renal failure can be a troublesome symptom,
refractory to treatment and associated with significant physical and emotional distress and a …

Timely access to medicines within the community is important for palliative patients where
their preferred place of care is the home environment. The objective of this observational …

Goals of work Multiple sites enable more successful completion of adequately powered
phase III studies in palliative care. Audits of the frequency and distribution of the symptoms …

Background: Changing population demography and patterns of disease are increasing
demands on the health system. Telehealth is seen as providing a mechanism to support …

Introduction: Delirium in advanced cancer is prevalent, with limited prospective data to guide
management. The aim was to survey current practice of specialists using two contrasting …

Background Delirium is a very common and distressing neuropsychiatric syndrome in
palliative care. Increasing age, the presence of dementia and advanced cancer are well …

9500 Background: Patients with advanced cancers frequently experience anorexia and
cachexia, which is associated with decreased functional status and poor tolerance of …

Discussion To our knowledge, this study is the first study to evaluate the harms of
haloperidol in palliative care. This study was a post hoc analysis conducted on three …