End of life care

The purpose of BMJ Best Practice is to help get evidence into practice. We use GRADE to ensure that we use the highest quality evidence. GRADE helps us to assess evidence for risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, imprecision, and the degree to which it may be subject to publ ...  Show more

Tremor is an involuntary oscillatory and rhythmic movement of a body part. It commonly affects the upper extremities but can also affect the head, chin, voice, or legs. Tremor may impair activities of daily living or occupation, and may lead to embarrassment and social withdrawal ...  Show more

This is the third of three episodes on palliative care. In this episode, we review end of life care. We highlight the importance of discussing prognosis with patients, explore approaches to best estimate it, and introduce a structured framework around it. We define hospice care a ...  Show more

In this episode of the Dr. Informed podcast, the topic of discussion is death and dying, and how to involve patients in DNACPR decisions. The panel discuss the importance of doctors having discussions with patients about end-of-life care as a way of creating the best possible de ...  Show more

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Retaining dignity, privacy, and relief from pain at the end of life. This episode features audio from: How to Die a Good Death VSED: The Benefits of Fasting for Ending Life Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related to this podcast.