Background Pain assessment in cognitive impaired patients can be complicated by the fact that many cannot communicate verbally. Individuals with cognitive impairment are at risk of developing drug ...

Background In their first year as a doctor, F1s will care for 40 patients who will die and 120 patients in the last year of life. However, research shows junior doctors are often unprepared. We ...

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...

Introduction Electronic Key Information Summaries (KIS) are shared electronic patient records widely used throughout Scotland. 1 These allow selected parts of the GP patient record to be routinely ...