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Cancer

Muddled by Mu-Opioid Antagonists for Opioid-Induced Constipation? Me too…

Anna Sutherland, palliative medicine doctor, looks at Cochrane evidence on the effectiveness and safety of mu-opioid antagonists for managing opioid-induced constipation in people with cancer and people receiving palliative care for whom laxatives have failed.

August 17, 2018 2

Palliative care

Living and dying well after stroke

In this blog for our #LifeAfterStroke series, Scott Murray and Marilyn Kendall talk about evidence from in-depth interviews, which could guide provision of person-centred care after major stroke and support people in living and dying well.

March 29, 2018 2

Palliative care

Hospital at Home Increases the Chances of Dying at Home

It’s Dying Matters Awareness Week, an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement on...

May 13, 2016 0

Putting the Heart into Palliative Care

GP RIchard Lehman reflects on palliative care beyond cancer and how people with heart failure need it too

October 10, 2014 3

A good death at home: home palliative care services keep people where they want to be

Key message: There is good evidence that home palliative care increases the chance of dying at home and reduces...

July 8, 2013 3

Hot off the press: catch this Cochrane evidence!

If your idea of a present is a new or updated Cochrane reviewCochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of research in...

June 14, 2013 0

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