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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

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...


Jan 10, 2023

This episode features Dr Joyce Chung and Weilin Chen (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China).


What is already known about the topic:

  • End-of-life communication can improve patients’ quality of life, ease the bereavement experience, raise care satisfaction and...


Oct 19, 2022

This episode features Dr Richard Green (University of Surrey, Guildford, UK).


Multimorbidity is increasing substantially worldwide, is associated with greater use of healthcare services, lower quality and quantity of life, and rises with age. Older people with multimorbidity are expected to become the main recipients...