Wednesday 26 February 2014

The challenges and suffering of caring for people with primary malignant glioma: qualitative perspectives on improving current supportive and palliative care practices

BMJ Supportive Palliative Care, 2014, Vol/iss 4/1 (68-76)
Collins, A; Lethborg, C; Brand, C; Gold, G; Moore, G; Sundararajan, V; Murphy, M; Philip, J.

Carers of patients with high-grade primary malignant glioma (PMG) are known to face extraordinary challenges, as they care for patients with multiple profound and often devastating physical, cognitive and behavioural changes. This study aimed to understand the supportive and palliative care needs in this setting, with a particular focus upon care at the end-of-life, which has hitherto been neglected. 

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