Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime was introduced in 2016 and expanded in 2021. Within its framework, euthanasia accounts for almost all cases. MAiD operates through two legal pathways ...
Correspondence to Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; g.mitchell{at}uq.edu.au Background With an ...
Correspondence to Dr Gary Rodin, Department of Supportive Care, 16–724, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9; ...
Background Medical orders for the use of life-supports should be informed by patients' values and treatment preferences. The purpose of this study was to explore the internal consistency of patients' ...
Introduction The majority of people who die due to dementia, die in care homes. This study explored the experiences of nursing home staff and described factors influencing their decision-making when a ...
Purpose We sought to explore the lived experience of caregivers when communicating with doctors and nurses about their cancer-related information needs. Methods Semistructured interviews (n=20) were ...
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Clare Gardiner, School of ...
Relational nature of decision-making between patients with advanced illness and their caregivers in palliative care: a systematic review and narrative synthesis ...
Correspondence to Dr Salmani Naiire, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd 14115, Iran; n.salmani{at}sbmu.ac.ir Background One of the barriers to the integration of ...
Objectives For many people with advanced kidney disease, their physical, psychological and emotional needs remain unmet. Kidney supportive care, fully integrating specialist kidney and palliative care ...
Objectives To review literature relating to evidence, context and facilitation to describe knowledge translation in paediatric palliative care. Paediatric palliative care requires competences ...
Objective The goal of this scoping review is to identify the most commonly used models of palliative care delivery in acute care settings, their advantages and disadvantages, and to review existent ...