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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

Aug 10, 2023

Title

"Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged 60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linked data study"

Description

This episode features Dr Gursharan K Singh (Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT),...


Jun 7, 2023

This episode features Hannah May Scott (Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK).

 

What is already known about the topic?

- Although spiritual concerns are recognised as a core component of palliative care for children, there...


Mar 27, 2023

This episode features Dr Jenny Lau (Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Palliative Care, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada) and Dr....


Feb 9, 2023

This episode features Dr Rachael Moss (Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK).

What is already known about the topic:

- The degree to which individuals access and use palliative and end-of-life care services varies across communities and countries.

 

What this...


Jan 10, 2023

This episode features Isabel Vandenbogaerde (End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium).


What is already known about the topic:

  • Involvement of family carers in advance care planning conversations is crucial for end-of-life decision-making.
  • Family carers are...