SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

Family carer experiences of hospice care at home: findings from a mixed methods realist evaluation

Oct 30, 2023

This episode features Dr Vanessa Abrahamson, (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK).

What is already known about the topic?

Increasingly, people at end-of-life want to die at home but this relies heavily on family carers to support the patient.
Many carers struggle with the practical...

"Challenges and opportunities for improvement when people with an intellectual disability or serious mental illness also need palliative care: A qualitative meta-ethnography"

Oct 9, 2023

This episode features Dr Nivedita Ashok, (University College London, London, UK).

What is already known about the topic?

Individuals with intellectual disability or serious mental illness have high rates of mortality due to physical comorbidities.
These populations have specific needs that should be met to...

What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer? Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies

Sep 11, 2023

This episode features Caitlin Spooner (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK).

What is already known about the topic?

- Currently, there is no gold standard for evaluating how different methods of prognosticating in advanced cancer impact on patient care.

- Prognostic...

Telehealth requires improved evidence to achieve its full potential in palliative care

Sep 7, 2023

This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK; and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). The podcast is an overview of a published editorial on telehealth in palliative care. Dr Nwosu...

Serious health-related suffering experienced by children with disability and their families living in Bangladesh: A scoping review

Jan 10, 2023

This episode features Suzanne Smith (Master of Palliative Care student, Flinders University, Australia; Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Australia), Dr Megan Doherty (University of Ottawa, ON, Canada; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada) and Dr Mostofa Kamal Chowdhury (BangabandhuSheikh...