Lived experiences of end-of-life care at home in the UK: a scoping review of qualitative research.

Background: Home is the preferred place of care and death for most people with advanced illness.

Aim: To examine and describe the published qualitative literature on the lived experiences of dying at home, to characterise the participants and their contexts, and to identify key gaps in knowledge, with a view to informing future research.

Design And Setting: A scoping literature review, undertaken in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guideline, examined studies focusing on the lived experiences of dying at home in the UK.

Death from COVID-19: management of breathlessness: a retrospective multicentre study.

Objectives: Breathlessness is the most significant symptom in those dying of COVID-19. Historically, though, it has often been palliated poorly at end of life. The aim of this work was to assess whether breathlessness in patients dying from COVID-19 was being managed appropriately.

Palliative care research promotion in policy and practice: a knowledge exchange process.

In palliative care, as in many areas of medicine, there is a considerable amount of research conducted that makes sound recommendations but does not result consistently in improved care. For instance, though palliative care has been shown to benefit all people with a life-threatening illness, its main reach continues to be for those with cancer. Drawing on relational models of research use, we set out to engage policy-makers, educators, clinicians, commissioners and service providers in a knowledge exchange process to identify implications of research for Scottish palliative care priorities.

Antibiotic use towards the end of life: development of good practice recommendations.

Objectives: Development of evidence-based good practice recommendations for clinicians considering the use of antibiotics in patients towards the end of life.

Design: A multiprofessional group of experts in end-of-life care and antimicrobial stewardship was convened. Findings from a scoping review of the literature and a consultation of clinicians were triangulated.