Background: Services for people with heart failure are under‐developed. The perspectives
of patients, their informal and professional carers should inform development of service …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the key components of services for people with
advanced heart failure from multiple perspectives and recommend how care might be …

Background Electronic care coordination systems, known as the Key Information Summary
(KIS) in Scotland, enable the creation of shared electronic records available across …

We report an open, uncontrolled study to evaluate the effectiveness of regular oral morphine
as symptomatic treatment of dyspnoea in patients with advanced cancer receiving standard …

This study aimed to assess south London general practitioners' views on the role of
specialist home care teams and their working patterns, particularly involvement in out-of …

Over a six-month period, 47 patients (9.8% of admissions) died within 48 hours of admission
to St Christopher's Hospice and were included in this study. There was a high prevalence of …

Although the rate of home death, or persons dying at home, in the United Kingdom is falling
(37% in 1965 to 27% in 1987), the majority of patients spend most of their last year at home …

In 1990, a survey of the structure and working arrangements of 12 urban, hospice-based
home care teams in the UK was carried out. The main areas of interest were staff numbers …

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy techniques are becoming more widely available and
will be considered increasingly for patients with head and neck or upper gastrointestinal …

Worsening disability in older people: a trigger for palliative care Page 1 Worsening disability in
older people: a trigger for palliative care We must identify and respond to a trajectory of …