Palliative Care

Osler Centenary Papers: When the diagnosis is futile…
Paulo Luz

Postgraduate Medical Journal Dec 2019, 95 (1130) 669; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136985
Osler Centenary Papers: Reflection on the use of antibiotics to treat ‘the old man’s friend’
Paulo Luz

Postgraduate Medical Journal Dec 2019, 95 (1130) 670; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136823
How are you hoping to die?
John Launer

Postgraduate Medical Journal Nov 2018, 94 (1117) 671-672; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136260
Communication in palliative care: talking about the end of life, before the end of life
Lisa Jane Brighton, Katherine Bristowe

Postgraduate Medical Journal Aug 2016, 92 (1090) 466-470; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133368
Culture and spirituality: essential components of palliative care
Peter Speck

Postgraduate Medical Journal Jun 2016, 92 (1088) 341-345; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133369
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: an overview and comparison of three consensus guidelines
Nishant Tageja, Hunter Groninger

Postgraduate Medical Journal Jan 2016, 92 (1083) 34-40; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132969
Offering older hospitalised patients the choice to die in their preferred place
David Jonathan Ahearn, Niamh Nidh, Arun Kallat, Yousouf Adenwala, Surendra Varman

Postgraduate Medical Journal Jan 2013, 89 (1047) 20-24; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131161

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