Using Telemedicine for Providing Supportive and Palliative Care Patients with Advanced Cancer during the COVID?19 Pandemic in Ukraine

Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Home-based Palliative Care for Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, care for cancer patients may be disrupted for several reasons, leading to disease progression. Home-Based palliative care, if properly managed, can provide easy and safe access to care services for these patients. This study aimed to explore stakeholders’ perceptions of home-based palliative care for cancer patients during the pandemic. Methods: This q...

Supportive and Palliative Care in Solid Cancer Patients

Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer.

Although many patients with cancer report positively on their experience of care, others claim they are not receiving the information and support they need at different stages of their care pathway. The national cancer patient survey (Department of Health, 2002), for example, showed wide variations in the quality of care delivered across the country.

Supportive and palliative care for patients with COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common respiratory disorder in the UK (Shee, 2001). In 1999, the number of people who died of COPD was equal to the number who died of lung cancer (Hill and Muers, 2000). Patients' knowledge of the high level of morbidity of this disease has a large impact on their social, psychological and economic status (Addington-Hall et al, 1998). Pa...

Supportive and palliative care of pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies. An estimated 32,300 patients will die of pancreatic cancer in year 2006. It is the tenth most common malignancy in the United States. Despite recent advances in pathology, molecular basis and treatment, the overall survival rate remains 4% for all stages and races. Palliative care represents an important aspect of care in patient with pa...