BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including Research Papers, Reviews and Educational pieces. The Author Information section provides specific ...

Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for people who are dying. Key features among these standards have been the professional development of ...

Correspondence to Dr Adam Todd, Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Room number: C138, Holliday Building, Queen's Campus, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK; ...

Chronic breathlessness is a disabling and distressing condition for which there is a growing evidence base for a range of interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions are the mainstay of ...

Correspondence to Dr Linda Björkhem-Bergman, Department of Palliative Medicine and Advanced Medical Home Care, ASIH Stockholm Södra, Långbro park, Bergtallsvägen 12, 125 59 Älvsjö, Sweden; ...

3 Queen Mary University of London, Barts & the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre of Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, London, UK Objective Multimorbidity is increasingly ...

Correspondence to Dr Katherine E Sleeman, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London SE5 9PJ, UK; Katherine.sleeman{at}kcl.ac.uk Objectives ...

Background End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) significantly impacts global public health, driven by an ageing population and increased chronic diseases. Over half of patients with ESKD are now over 65 ...

Introduction Timely and efficient access to end-of-life medications 24/7 is crucial for effective symptom management and prevention of potentially avoidable hospital admissions of those receiving ...

Background Reviews and inquiries into end of life care for people with learning disabilities consistently recommend that services involve them in end of life care planning. However, there is limited ...

Using a systematic approach covering virtue ethics, deontology and a brief overview of other ethical and moral considerations, we present a balanced consideration of the assisted dying bill currently ...

Background When the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown, we had no foresight into how our referrals would change in the forthcoming years. Average time on caseload has reduced to eleven days (Hospiscare.