Jun 11, 2021
This episode features Baby Foo (School of Psychology,
The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Dr Michele
Wiese (School of Psychology, Western Sydney University,
Penrith, NSW, Australia).
With advancing age and the experience of life-limiting illness,
people with intellectual disability need equitable...
Jun 11, 2021
This episode features Daisy McInnerney (Marie Curie
Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL,
London, UK).
Emotional disclosure -based interventions can improve psychological
and physical wellbeing in general populations. A range of emotional
disclosure-based interventions exist, but evidence...
Jun 11, 2021
This episode features Dr Liz Jamieson (Research
Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School
of Pharmacy, London, UK).
Oral morphine is the recommended first line treatment for
breakthrough pain. Intranasal diamorphine is an effective, rapid
onset, well tolerated treatment for use in Accident...
Jun 11, 2021
This episode features Laura Health
(Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of
Oxford, Oxford, UK).
COVID-19 has a mortality of between 1% and 2% and is the deadliest
pandemic in living memory. The elderly, and those with pre-existing
conditions tend to be most vulnerable to severe disease...
Jun 11, 2021
This episode features Benjamin Thomas
(Palliative Care Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health
District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia).
Terminal delirium is a common symptom at the end of life, causing
distress to patients and families. Traditional management for
terminal delirium requires sedation, which limits...