Member Surveys

APM Member Survey Requests

If you would like to submit a survey to the APM Membership, please contact Compleat Secretariat.

All surveys will be subject to the APM Ethics, Science and Executive Committee’s approval.

NEW Disseminating a survey for MSc research project on Palliative Care for the patients experiencing homelessness

As a healthcare professional within the UK from a palliative care background, your views are valued within this research. We are only seeking views of those working in adult palliative care.

This survey involves 12 Questions followed by 4 optional demographic comments to aid analysis of the data. It should take around 10 minutes to complete. Completion of the survey is voluntary, questions can be skipped, and it can be exited at any time. The survey results will form part of MSc coursework at Cardiff University. Data is all anonymised and will be stored online for up to five years before deletion. The MSc Dissertation will be stored within the Cardiff University library with a secondary intention to submit to a peer-reviewed journal and present at professional conferences in order to disseminate the findings.

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For any further information, a copy of the results, or if you would like to take part in a focus group within Farnham, Surrey (May/June 2019), please do not hesitate to get in touch: Hannah Field – APM Member.

Cross-cultural international study of Continuous Sedation

The use of sedative drugs as a part of symptom management in terminally ill patients remains contentious, particularly if it is maintained continuously until death and even more so if it is accompanied by withdrawal or withholding of assisted hydration.

There is evidence from qualitative research that systematic variation exists in end-of-life sedation practice and its conceptualization between countries, making studies in this area difficult to interpret. The present study is an international attempt to improve this situation by beginning to develop a more complete understanding of how doctors in different countries and cultures understand the concept of continuous sedation for the relief of distress at the end of life, and also how they use sedation and for which patients.

This project was initiated in Japan and the Netherlands but the questionnaire, which takes around 15 minutes to complete, is the result of collaboration between investigators from all eight participating countries (the others being Belgium, Germany, Italy, Singapore, the UK and the USA). Following the link will take you to more detailed information about the study, as well as to the questionnaire itself. Thank you for reading this – I hope you will feel able to take part.

Dr Nigel Sykes

Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department

UCL

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APM Assisted Suicide/Dying

Many thanks to all of the membership who completed the APM survey on Assisted Suicide. The quantitative results are now available for viewing on the APM website.

The Ethics Committee

APM Workforce Survey Analysis

It has come to our attention that there may be a problem with sending our communications to the APM membership via Dotmailer, i.e. e-Bulletin. We have learned over the past month that some APM members are not aware of these communications.

Having looked into the situation, it does appear that some IT Departments are blocking these emails as the email address has not been “White Listed” with them, which in turn results in the email being blocked.

Could you please ensure that you inform your IT Department to “White List” the following email address:

Association for Palliative Medicine communications@apmonline.org.uk

Click here for “How to Whitelist Emails”

Could you please also ensure that you inform the APM if your email address changes.

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