Palliative care provision varies widely, and the effectiveness of palliative and hospice care
teams (PCHCT) is unproven. To determine the effect of PCHCT, 10 electronic databases (to …

Strontium-89 and samarium-153 are radioisotopes that are approved in the USA and Europe
for the palliation of pain from metastatic bone cancer, whereas rhenium-186 and rhenium-…

The unpleasant smell of infected fungating tumors and benign cutaneous ulcers is a distressing
clinical problem, known to be associated with anaerobic infection. Topical metronidazole …

Battin et al examined data on deaths from physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Oregon and
on PAS and voluntary euthanasia (VE) in The Netherlands. This paper reviews the …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and cost of complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) use, and examine perceived satisfaction and reasons for using CAM. Design and …

The purpose of medical humanities is to improve the delivery of effective health care through
a better understanding of disease in society, and in the individual. The interfaces between …

Recently, there has been a call for evidence-based environments for care as a corollary to
evidence-based medicine. 1 A search of Medline and CINAHL databases confirmed the view …

Doctors in the United Kingdom can accompany their patients every step of the way, up until
the last. The law stops them helping their patients take the final step, even if that is the …

Lesions of the oral cavity have an enormous impact on the quality of life of patients with
advanced disease. They cause considerable morbidity and diminish a patient's physical and …

Medically assisted death is legal in a few countries, and discussion about legalisation is
ongoing in many others. But legalisation may be premature when we still do not know why …