Mar 17, 2020
This episode features Emel Yorganci (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, London, UK). Usual care provided to patients is rarely described in detail in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of a complex intervention in palliative care. To interpret the effectiveness of...
Mar 16, 2020
This episode features Kim de Nooijer and Sophie van Dongen (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands). Self-management has predominantly been studied in the context of chronic diseases, where it has been defined as ‘the ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, physical and psychosocial...
Mar 16, 2020
This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK). Few large studies describe initial disease trajectories and subsequent mortality in people with head and neck cancer. This is a necessary first step to identify the need for palliative care and associated services. This prospective cohort study...
Mar 16, 2020
This episode features Dr Deokhee Yi (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King's College London). Large variation exists in the health service use near the end of life and a 10% of patients are especially high-cost users. A high proportion of care costs in the last year of life occur in the...
Mar 13, 2020
This episode features Danni Collingridge Moore (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK). The provision and quality of palliative care delivered in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) varies and does not always meet the needs of the residents. Interventions to improve palliative...