Recruitment, follow-up and survival in an 11-country cohort study of patients at the end of life and their relatives.

Background: Large, international cohort studies generate high-level evidence, but are resource intense. In end-of-life care such studies are scarce. Hence, planning for future studies in terms of data on screening, recruitment, retention and survival remains a challenge.

Death rituals and quality of life of bereaved relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of the observational CO-LIVE study.

Grief is a normal reaction after the death of a loved one. Death rituals are an integral part of the mourning processes. Not being able to carry out death rituals can affect relatives' quality of life.

ChatGPT-4 Surpasses Residents: A Study of Artificial Intelligence Competency in Plastic Surgery In-service Examinations and Its Advancements from ChatGPT-3.5.

Background: ChatGPT, launched in 2022 and updated to Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) in 2023, is a large language model trained on extensive data, including medical information. This study compares ChatGPT's performance on Plastic Surgery In-Service Examinations with medical residents nationally as well as its earlier version, ChatGPT-3.5.

Recommendations for Deprescribing of Medication in the Last Phase of Life: An International Delphi Study.

Context: Medications may become inappropriate for patients in the last phase of life and may even compromise their quality of life.

Objective: To find consensus on recommendations regarding deprescribing of medications for adult patients with a life expectancy of six months or less.

Methods: Experts working in palliative care or other relevant disciplines were asked to participate in this international Delphi study.

Nurses' experiences of ethical challenges concerning thirst in dying patients in specialist palliative care: a qualitative study.

Aim: To describe nurses' experiences of ethical challenges in relation to thirst in terminally ill patients in specialist palliative care units.

Research Design: A qualitative, reflexive thematic design with an inductive analysis was used.

Participants And Research Context: Eighteen qualitative interviews with nurses working in six different specialist palliative care units in different hospitals in Sweden were conducted.