Background: The prevalence of burnout, psychological morbidity and the use of coping
mechanisms among palliative care practitioners in Singapore have not been studied. Aim …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought about much mental and social anguish as it
has physical suffering. 1 The population that has the highest rate of mortality are those who …

Dear Editor: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has invoked a global outpouring of fear,
anxiety with much media attention focused on rising death tolls, strained health care …

Context Burnout is common among palliative care clinicians (PCCs). Resilience helps to
reduce burnout, compassion fatigue, and is associated with longevity in palliative care …

CONTEXT: Constipation is a distressing condition for advanced cancer patients and is
frequently underdiagnosed. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to …

Background Patients at their end-of-life (EOL) phase frequently visit the emergency
department (ED) due to their symptoms, yet the environment and physicians in ED are not …

Burnout is common amongst palliative care clinicians. Resilience helps to reduce burnout,
compassion fatigue and is associated with longevity in palliative care. We aimed to study …

In the span of two weeks, Madam Lee had to cope with Richard's sudden deterioration, his
death and funeral. Her grief experience across the timeframe was influenced by the interplay …

Objectives Death is a significant event that affects healthcare providers emotionally. We
aimed to determine internal medicine (IM) and paediatric (PD) residents' responses and the …

Colorectal cancer in the elderly is common. Patients with colorectal cancer are often inflicted
with numerous physical symptoms. They also bear psychological and spiritual distress when …