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Senior Lecturer in Cancer, Palliative Care and End of Life Care, School of Health Care and Social Work Buckinghamshire New University, Uxbridge Campus, when this article was written. She is now Lead Nurse for Supportive and Palliative Care and Chaplaincy, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Lee (a pseudonym) was a 72-year-old man with a wife and family. He was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy following a myocardial infarction. This then led to a diagnosis of heart failure with...
This article concerns the case of Martin Jones (not his real name), aged 59 years, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He had undergone a partial pancreatectomy to remove the tumour and was...
There are many challenges to sexuality assessment and the barriers appear to be complex in nature. de Vocht et al (2011) examined the differences between patient expectations and those of health...
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