Love your data
Ros Taylor
pp 265-265
Ros Taylor summarises the importance of providing data for the Minimum Data Set, which highlights successes and gaps in palliative care on a national scale.
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Managing malignant bowel obstruction with lanreotide in the community
Kate Markham, Shan Shan Vijeratnam and Pia Amsler
pp 266-268
The medical management of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced carcinoma is often complicated by the presence of co-morbidities. Kate Markham, Shan Shan Vijeratnam and Pia Amsler recount two cases that support the use of lanreotide in suitable patients.
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Treating cancer pain
Andrew Dickman
pp 270-275
Andrew Dickman explains some of the complexities of the generation and perception of pain, and considers established and emerging methods of dealing with complex, chronic cancer pain.
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Case study masterclass 89. Managing symptoms of neuroendocrine tumours in a 62-year-old man with impaired cognition
Andrew Gill
pp 276-277
Brian is a 62-year-old man who lives in a small terraced house with his wife. Following a head injury 20 years ago, his memory deteriorated and his speech became impaired, but he manages to continue with the activities of daily living with full independence. Brian does need assistance from his wife in understanding any complex discussions and to help him with decision-making.
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Paediatric palliative nursing: the tension between closeness and professional distance
Regula Buder and André Fringer
pp 278-280
Caring for children who are dying puts special demands on the medical staff who care for them, and no one knows this better than palliative care nurses. Regula Buder and André Fringer look at the difficulties of the job and consider how nurses deal with them.
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Book review: A Practical Guide to End of Life Care
Carmel Grealish
pp 281-281
This sensible yet sensitive guide to all things end of life is thoughtfully written with a holistic approach.
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The convenient death of King George V: a look back at history
Sandy Macleod and Jane Vella-Brincat
pp 282-284
When the role of King George V’s doctor in assisting his death in 1936 came to light 50 years later, general opprobrium was heaped upon the doctor. Sandy Macleod and Jane Vella-Brincat use the case to highlight the potential role of chronological convenience in end-of-life decision-making.
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The Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine: evolution and contribution
Ghauri Aggarwal, Jan Maree Davis, Frank Brennan and Kristen Turner
pp 285-289
Ghauri Aggarwal, Jan Maree Davis, Frank Brennan and Kristen Turner look at how the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine came into being and played a pioneering role in the transformation of palliative care provision in Australia and elsewhere in the world.
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Does current UK research address priorities in palliative and end-of-life care?
Florence Todd Fordham, Bridget Candy, Stevie McMillan and Sabine Best
pp 290-293
The Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership uncovered 83 unanswered research questions. Florence Todd Fordham, Bridget Candy, Stevie McMillan and Sabine Best show that, as current UK research starts to address some of these questions, UK open grant data have the potential to encourage collaboration.
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Mindfulness meditation and pain management in palliative care
Irene Campagnolo Maschio
pp 294-297
As mindfulness meditation grows increasingly popular as a subject of study and as a practice in clinical settings, Irene Campagnolo Maschio looks into how the practice works and whether it has a valid application in palliative care patients.
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Antibiotic use in the last two weeks of life for home hospice patients in Singapore
Ong Eng Koon and Chong Poh Heng
pp 299-303
Studies have indicated that the use of antibiotics in palliative care settings is widespread but lacks supporting evidence. Ong Eng Koon and Chong Poh Heng used a retrospective review to assess the prevalence and standards of practice involved in the use of antibiotics for home hospice patients.
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EAPC Early Researcher Award 2013 – looking back
Meera Agar, Barbara Gomes and Jeroen Hasselaar
pp 305-307
Since 2009, through its Early Researcher Award, the European Association for Palliative Care has recognised and supported the work of scientists and clinicians who make an outstanding contribution to palliative care research. Here, Meera Agar, Barbara Gomes and Jeroen Hasselaar reflect on the path their careers have taken since they won the award in 2013.
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Case study masterclass 89 answers: Managing symptoms of neuroendocrine tumours in a 62-year-old man with impaired cognition
Andrew Gill
pp 308-308
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Romanian National Association for Palliative Care: quality assurance for palliative care in Romania
Malina Dumitrescu and Vladimir Poroch
pp 309-311
The Romanian National Association for Palliative Care has proposed a new methodology for the accreditation of palliative care services in the country.
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