Objective This study aimed to explore how postgraduate physicians experience and articulate their professional development through reflective writing in a national palliative care training programme ...
Correspondence to Dr Eva YN Yuen, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia; e.yuen{at}deakin.edu.au Objectives Caregivers ...
Objective To study how treatment decisions are made alongside the lung cancer clinical pathway. Methods A prospective, multicentre, multimethods, five-stage, qualitative study. Mediated discourse, ...
Background Australian-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) is recommended as part of the OACC (Outcomes And Complexity Collaborative) suite of measures to assess palliative patients‘ ...
Background AI is rapidly transforming palliative care, enabling earlier identification of patients with unmet needs, ...
Background Trismus, or limitation of mouth opening, is a common and debilitating toxicity affecting 23%–28% of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors treated with radiotherapy. Beyond its classification ...
Objective Literature identifies that doctors struggle in navigating ethical issues at the end of life. Residents look to senior doctors for support. Senior doctors are aware of the latter’s needs.
Background Opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN) is a significant complication in palliative care, presenting with symptoms of hypersomnolence, hallucinations, cognitive dysfunction (including delirium), ...
Death notification (DN) is a critical clinical task that initiates and influences the bereavement trajectory and carries profound implications for clinician well-being. Evidence links DN quality to ...
We wanted to build on the 2022 analysis of comorbid adults who died in hospital, which found that 18% had been over-treated and 23% had not had medications stopped as patients deteriorated.1 We wanted ...
Objectives This study aimed to examine malnutrition risk and its association with depression, anxiety and stress levels in hospitalised patients with lung cancer. Methods This correlational study ...
Palliative care integrated with standard oncology treatment improves symptoms, quality of life and communication, and may extend survival in select populations. However, its integration into routine ...
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