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Specialist palliative care improves patient experience, reduces bed days and saves money: An economic modelling study of home- and hospital-based care

Apr 27, 2026

This episode features Dr Peter May (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King’s College London, UK
School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland).

 

What is already known on this topic?

  • Specialist palliative care increases odds of dying outside hospital and improves...

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Reasons for patients in high income countries accessing hospital care while receiving specialist community palliative care: A systematic review and meta-ethnography

Apr 27, 2026

This episode features Norah Elvidge  (School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia. Silverchain, Melbourne, VIC, Australia).

 

What is already known on this topic?

  • Many people with palliative care needs would prefer to be cared for and/or die at home.

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Multi-perspective views about healthcare experiences for those with incurable head and neck cancer: A prospective, longitudinal, qualitative study

Apr 27, 2026

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Palliative Care Unit, University of Liverpool, UK).

 

What is already known on this topic?

  • The disease trajectory for people with incurable head and neck cancer is unpredictable.
  • This...

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Exploring the hidden before the end: A phenomenological analysis of forgiveness at the end of life among spiritual caregivers

Apr 27, 2026

This episode features Dr Claudia Rossy Parés (Department of Psychology, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain).

 

What is already known on this topic?

  • Research has associated forgiveness with physical, emotional and spiritual benefits in people facing the end of life.
  • Health professionals...

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Quality indicators for palliative care for older people: An umbrella review

Apr 27, 2026

This episode features Amy Hutchinson (Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia).

 

What is already known on this topic?

  • Quality indicators for palliative care have been extensively researched in different populations...

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