The continuation of preventive drugs among older patients with advanced cancer is examined in a recent publication in the research journal, Cancer. Dr Stephen Barclay (Department Public Health & Primary Care), collaborated with colleagues from the Karolinska Institute and Newcastle University, finding that the use of preventive drugs in the last year of life is […]
New way of assessing the support needs of patients with progressive lung disease now available to all GPs
A new way to help people with progressive diseases receive better person-centred care has now been made available to GPs and nursing teams across England. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and University of East Anglia developed the tool, which is easy to use and available free to NHS clinicians. From overcoming boredom or loneliness […]
Health research project required advice or approval from 89 different people to get the green light, in case study of approvals process
Which health research projects involving humans are ethically justified, safe and legal? Who decides whether they should get the green light to proceed? In one case study, researchers at the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, found that eighty nine different people were involved in approving a single small scale health research study for ethics […]
Appropriateness of prescriptions made in advance for patients nearing the end of life remains unknown
The prescription and dispensing of injectable medications to provide end of life symptom relief for patients approaching the end of their lives in the community, in advance of clinical need, is established practice in the UK and other countries. But a new review of the research literature reveals that this widespread practice is based on […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »