Terminal careIn the autumn of 2014 Scotland's first national guidelines for palliative care will become available online.1 These guidelines have been developed for use by all healthcare professionals involved in the provision of palliative care to those with a life-limiting illness. The primary ...
Prison healthcare in the UK is based on the principle of equivalence, which means that people detained in prison should receive equivalent standards of care – and achieve equivalent health outcomes – as the general population (House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee,2018; UNODC and WHO...
Go to Sorafenib is the current first line standard of care in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several other drugs are emerging as efficacious agents in this setting. This article will outline our current real-world experie...
HA Hall - 《Progress in Palliative Care》 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Desperate times call for innovative measures Brian Caplen This year's IMF/World Bank annual meetings are set to be among the grimmest ever. We all know that the global economy is once again teetering on the edge of disaster...
Supportive careSymptoms and symptom managementTerminal carePalliative surgery for advanced colorectal cancer is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Non-resectional palliative surgery can be useful in the management of malignant bowel obstruction or perforation where a conservative approach can be ...
PALLIATIVE treatmentThe authors reflect on the coalition Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief introduced by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care in 2011. They discuss the initiatives of the group which include making of the short film "20 Takes on Death and Dying," awaren...
PALLIATIVE treatmentSERVICES for caregiversPSYCHOEDUCATIONPATIENT-centered careThe Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have recently published their guideline SIGN168 on 'Assessment, Diagnosis, Care, and Support for People with Dementia and their Carers'. The guideline ma...
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Variability In Local Uptake And Patient Access To Medicines - Implementation Of Scottish Medicines Consortium GuidelinesPalliative careDeathHomeImmigrantsCanadaBackground: As Canada's population ages, the location of end of life care (whether at home, extended care facility or hospital) may change ...
Assessment and management of delirium are a priority of Healthcare Improvement Scotland. A retrospective casenote review of 100 consecutive admissions to a Scottish specialist palliative care unit (SPCU) was undertaken. The audit aimed to establish whether we assess and document cognition on admission...