Effect of creative writing on mood in patients with cancer.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evidence-based communication skills training for health and social care professionals is essential to improve the care of seriously ill patients and their families. We aimed to evaluate the self-reported impact of 'Difficult Conversations', a multidisciplinary half-day interactive workshop, and gain feedback...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Brighton LJ,Selman LE,Gough N,Nadicksbernd JJ,Bristowe K,Millington-Sanders C,Koffman J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare condition characterised by urine discolouration. The management of PUBS remains controversial. Four females (mean age 84.5±9.7 years) with palliative conditions (two cancer and two non-cancer cases) presenting PUBS were identified. Urine bags were changed in all cases. Urinar...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Wattanapisit S,Wattanapisit A,Meepuakmak A,Rakkapan P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) results in breathlessness and impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study reviews the existing literature on HRQOL following invasive interventions in MPE. METHODS:Five electronic databases were systematically searched and assessed three times during the...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sivakumar P,Saigal A,Ahmed L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in advanced cancer. Guidelines suggest that indefinite anticoagulation be considered for patients with ongoing active cancer. There are no data on the management of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) at the end of life or when to stop anticoagulation as death approaches...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Noble S,Banerjee S,Pease NJ

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undergraduate teaching currently fails to adequately prepare doctors to deliver 'end-of-life' care. Despite much evidence supporting simulation-based teaching, its use in medical undergraduate palliative and 'end-of-life' care curricula remain low. AIM:This study assesses whether simulation can improve the ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Wells G,Montgomery J,Hiersche A

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review literature regarding online educational initiatives in palliative care which are targeted to update health professionals and prepare distance courses suitable for a Brazilian context. METHODS:7 databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, LILACS, SCIELO, CINAHL, Science Direct and Scopus) were reviewed fo...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Taroco ALC Jr,Valente TCO,Carbogim CS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ireland, weekend and night medical cover for community based patients is largely provided by general practice co-operatives. Doctors working in this service do not have direct access to patients' medical records which challenges continuity of care. OBJECTIVES:This study investigates the opinion of genera...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kiely F,Murphy M,O'Brien T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A diagnosis of cancer and anticipated death of a loved one has a significant impact on the whole family. Research has mainly focused on carers, with little emphasis on the wider, long-term implications. AIM:To explore the cancer beliefs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives. The focus was on ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Baker N,Armour K,Meystre C,Redwood S,Dawson A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to surpass the healthcare system's capacity to provide intensive care to all patients who deteriorate as a result of the disease. This poses a unique challenge to healthcare teams of rationing care during pandemic when resources are scarce. Healthcare providers will need to acquire ne...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Fadul N,Elsayem AF,Bruera E

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) face increasing demands to provide end-of-life care (EoLC) as the population ages. To enhance primary palliative care (PC), the care they provide needs to be understood to inform best practice models of care. OBJECTIVE:To provide a comprehensive...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Senior H,Grant M,Rhee JJ,Aubin M,McVey P,Johnson C,Monterosso L,Nwachukwu H,Fallon-Ferguson J,Yates P,Williams B,Mitchell G

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health promoting palliative care began in Victoria, Australia and has been included in Victorian palliative care policy for over a decade. AIM:To review the way Victorian palliative care services have responded to government policies and strategic directions that are based upon health promoting palliative c...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Rumbold B,Grindrod A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrotic interstitial lung disease is an incurable disease with poor prognosis. We aimed to understand factors affecting decisions regarding referrals to specialist palliative care services and to address barriers and facilitators to referrals from healthcare professionals' perspectives. METHODS:A survey st...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kim JW,Olive S,Jones S,Thillai M,Russell AM,Johnson MJ,Wilson A

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:People with dementia and their carers may experience poor end of life care, often having to navigate complex health and social care systems. The objectives of this study were to identify: (1) barriers for people with dementia and their carers in accessing good quality end of life care and (2) cost-effective ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sampson E,Mandal U,Holman A,Greenish W,Dening KH,Jones L

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The collaboration between palliative care and neurology has developed over the last 25 years and this study aimed to ascertain the collaboration between the specialties across Europe. METHODS:This online survey aimed to look at collaboration across Europe, using the links of the European Association for P...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Oliver D,Borasio GD,Veronese S,Voltz R,Lorenzl S,Hepgul N

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the preferences of patients, family and staff for single or shared rooms in a UK hospice. METHOD:Semistructured interviews were conducted with patients, informal carers and staff at a hospice, focusing on room type preference. RESULTS:14 current and former hospice inpatients, 15 pati...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Williams C,Gardiner C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been rapid progress in palliative care in Africa since the World Health Assembly in 2005 which identified palliative care as an urgent humanitarian need. Palliative care is now recognised as a basic human right, and momentum has gathered to translate this into action. From being significantly present in only...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Grant L,Downing J,Namukwaya E,Leng M,Murray SA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients with chronic cancer pain frequently suffer severe exacerbations of pain intensity which are difficult to control adequately via pharmaceutical management. Management of these episodes of breakthrough pain (BTP) presents a challenge both to the physician and the patient, and supplemental 'rescue' doses ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Paley CA,Johnson MI,Bennett MI

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The key challenge for most developed countries is meeting the needs of our ageing population, in particular, those nearing the end of their lives - population-based end-of-life care. Building on a public health approach to meet needs of an area-wide population, and a practical approach of enabling generalist...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Thomas K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is becoming the most common cancer among women of Indian origin. However, little is known about the psychological impact of the disease and its treatment among this population. AIM:To improve understanding of psychological symptoms among Indian women with breast cancer. DESIGN:This is a syste...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Daniel S,Clark J,Gnanapragasam S,Venkateswaran C,Johnson MJ

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recruitment and training of Companion Volunteers has developed out of a Companion Sitter Training Programme begun in 2010. (Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy Vol 15. No 1, 2012). This programme was established to support patients emotionally and spiritually. While other services were available to off...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Murphy K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the results of a combined case series analysis of subcutaneous levetiracetam (Keppra) for the management of seizures in palliative care patients. METHODS:A comprehensive literature review on the use of subcutaneous levetiracetam was performed, and these data were combined with a prospective observ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sutherland AE,Curtin J,Bradley V,Bush O,Presswood M,Hedges V,Naessens K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Caregivers to patients with primary malignant brain tumours neglect their own physical and emotional needs during the disease trajectory. The aim of the systematic review was to explore how informal caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumour (high-grade glioma (HGG)) experience and manage thei...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Piil K,Nordentoft S,Larsen A,Jarden M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) comprises approximately 0.02% of all malignant tumours, which are a very small fraction of a group of cancers that affect in 0.7 to 2 in 1 000 000 people per year. Recurrence is very common even after complete resection and prognosis is poor. We report a case of a sporadic form of ACC fo...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Shuayb M,Das A,Uddin MN

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain control is an essential component of high-quality palliative care. Unfortunately, many low-income and middle-income countries lack an appropriate infrastructure to provide palliative care and suffer from a severe lack of access to opioid analgesics to alleviate pain from various conditions such as cance...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Lincoln SB,Soto-Perez-de-Celis E,Chavarri-Guerra Y,Covarrubias-Gomez A,Navarro M,Goss PE

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A developing body of evidence has provided valuable insight into the experiences of caregivers of people with motor neuron disease; however, understandings of how best to support caregivers remain limited. AIM:This study sought to understand concepts related to the motor neuron disease caregiver experience ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Anderson NH,Gluyas C,Mathers S,Hudson P,Ugalde A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients living with cystic fibrosis (CF) report impaired quality of life. Little is known about unmet supportive care needs among adults living with CF and how they are associated with demographic characteristics. OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to identify associations between demographic ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Obregon LL,Jeong K,Hoydich ZP,Yabes J,Pilewski J,Richless C,Moreines LT,Dellon EP,Goss CH,Arnold RM,Kavalieratos D

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of palliative care interventions are challenging to conduct and evaluate. Tools used to judge the quality of RCTs do not account for the complexities of conducting research in seriously ill populations and may artificially downgrade confidence in palliative care research. ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Isenberg SR,Kavalieratos D,Chow R,Le L,Wegier P,Zimmermann C

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective communication is a prerequisite to the delivery of good palliative care. The increasing use of web-based technologies and social media challenges us to reassess traditional communication styles and to define appropriate applications of evolving technologies. The use of Skype, blogging and webcams by patients...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Battley JE,Balding L,Gilligan O,O'Connell C,O'Brien T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The legalisation of medical assistance in dying in numerous countries over the last 20 years represents a significant shift in practice and scope for many clinicians who have had little-to-no training to prepare them to sensitively respond to patient requests for hastened death. AIMS:Our objective was to re...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Patel T,Christy K,Grierson L,Shadd J,Farag A,O'Toole D,Lawson J,Vanstone M

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to use data from Belgium to analyse distinctions between palliative sedation and euthanasia. There is a need to reduce confusion and improve communication related to patient management at the end of life specifically regarding the rapidly expanding area of patient care that incorporates a sp...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Cohen-Almagor R,Ely EW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00