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Social and professional influences on antimicrobial prescribing for doctors-in-training: A realist review (2017)
Journal Article
Papoutsi, C., Mattick, K., Pearson, M., Brennan, N., Briscoe, S., & Wong, G. (2017). Social and professional influences on antimicrobial prescribing for doctors-in-training: A realist review. The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72(9), 2418-2430. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx194

Background
Antimicrobial resistance has led to widespread implementation of interventions for appropriate prescribing. However, such interventions are often adopted without an adequate understanding of the challenges facing doctors-in-training as key... Read More about Social and professional influences on antimicrobial prescribing for doctors-in-training: A realist review.

“Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships (2017)
Journal Article
King, N., Bravington, A., Brooks, J., Melvin, J., & Wilde, D. (2017). “Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships. International journal of integrated care, 17(4), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2574

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Collaborative working between professionals is a key component of integrated care. The academic literature on it largely focuses either on integration between health and social care or on the dynamics of power and id... Read More about “Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships.

Determinants of hospital death in haematological cancers: findings from a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
McCaughan, D., Roman, E., Smith, A. G., Garry, A., Johnson, M., Patmore, R., Howard, M., & Howell, D. A. (2018). Determinants of hospital death in haematological cancers: findings from a qualitative study. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 8(1), 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001289

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. Objectives: Current UK health policy promotes enabling people to die in a place they choose, which for most is home. Despite this, patients with haema... Read More about Determinants of hospital death in haematological cancers: findings from a qualitative study.

Cognitive-emotional interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases (2017)
Journal Article
Bolzani, A., Rolser, S. M., Kalies, H., Maddocks, M., Rehfuess, E., Hutchinson, A., Gysels, M., Higginson, I. J., Booth, S., & Bausewein, C. (2017). Cognitive-emotional interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2017(6), Article CD012682. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012682

© 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects and safety of interventions targeting cognition, emotion or both a... Read More about Cognitive-emotional interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases.

Respiratory interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases (2017)
Journal Article
Bolzani, A., Rolser, S. M., Kalies, H., Maddocks, M., Rehfuess, E., Swan, F., Gysels, M., Higginson, I. J., Booth, S., & Bausewein, C. (2017). Respiratory interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2017(6), Article CD012683. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012683

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects and safety of interventions targeting respiration as the predominant underlying mechanism of effect to relieve breathlessness in adults suff... Read More about Respiratory interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases.

The complex relationship between household income of family caregivers, access to palliative care services and place of death: A national household population survey (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Currow, D. C., Dunn, L., Johnson, M. J., Macleod, U., & Allgar, V. (2018). The complex relationship between household income of family caregivers, access to palliative care services and place of death: A national household population survey. Palliative medicine, 32(2), 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317711825

Background: Previous work shows that more affluent patients with cancer are more likely to die at home, whereas those dying from non-cancer conditions are more likely to die in hospital. Family caregivers are an important factor in determining place... Read More about The complex relationship between household income of family caregivers, access to palliative care services and place of death: A national household population survey.

Time to improve informed consent for dialysis: an international perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Murtagh, F. E., Brennan, F., Stewart, C., Burgess, H., Davison, S. N., Moss, A. H., Murtagh, F. E. M., Germain, M., Tranter, S., & Brown, M. (2017). Time to improve informed consent for dialysis: an international perspective. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 12(6), 1001-1009. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.09740916

The literature reveals that current nephrology practice in obtaining informed consent for dialysis falls short of ethical and legal requirements. Meeting these requirements represents a significant challenge, especially because the benefits and risks... Read More about Time to improve informed consent for dialysis: an international perspective.

Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors (2017)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Hemsley, A., Blackwell, R., Pegg, L., & Custerson, L. (2017). Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors. BMC health services research, 17(1), Article ARTN 387. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2334-9

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Against a background of rising numbers of frail older people, there is a need to improve quality and safety of services whilst containing costs. Improving patient outcomes requires change across hospital and communit... Read More about Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors.

Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Allgar, V., Boland, E. G., Oviasu, O., Agar, M., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis. Journal of palliative medicine, 20(11), 1274-1279. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0129

Background: Medications for symptom management in palliative care have associated, but poorly understood, harms. Drug-related harms have important clinical implications, may impact on patients’ compliance and contribute to symptoms. Objective: To exp... Read More about Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis.