Nov 2, 2018
This episode features Dr Hazel Coop and Dr Clare Marlow (WM
CARES (West Midlands Collaborative Actioning Research in End of
life and Supportive care), New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton,
UK). This regional survey aimed to determine whether
palliative care professionals in the West Midlands (United Kingdom)
have discussions about digital legacy with
their patients. A total of 210 questionnaire survey
responses were received from the 10 participating hospices
(response rate of 35%). The majority of respondents
(96%, 201/210) had never discussed a patient’s digital legacy
with them. The results suggest that palliative care
professionals in the West Midlands do not have
discussions about digital legacy with patients, largely
because of lack of awareness and confidence.
Full paper available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216318802748
If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or
accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara
Nwosu: anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk