An article by Song Chiek Quah of the National Cancer Centre in Singapore Introduction Continued advances in medical care in the recent years have given some hope to patients afflicted with diseases that, in the past, have poor prognoses. However it would seem that hope comes at a price, at least within the Singaporean context. This […]
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Studies of interest in Supportive and Palliative care on the CancerHelp UK clinical trials database
Introduction Do your cancer patients ever ask you about clinical trials? If so, you could show them the CancerHelp UK clinical trials database (http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/trials/trials-search/) which is part of the comprehensive patient information website of Cancer Research UK. This unique service was started over 10 years ago and provides information about UK cancer trials and studies, […]
‘Holding the baby’ at the end of life
J Gibbins,1 C Reid,2 R McCoubrie2 1SpR Palliative Medicine, Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Horfield, Bristol, UK 2Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Horfield, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Jane Gibbins; janegibbins@hotmail.com Abstract Although there are obvious differences in caring for people at the extremes of life (newborns […]