Abstract
To the Editor:
We were most interested to read the letter by Bull et al.1 As researchers, clinicians and academics in supportive and palliative care, the letter resonated with our own experiences when trying to recruit to studies exploring the problems of disordered bowel function in patients with advanced cancer. Although the authors of the published letter attribute this to the advanced cancer population, we would like to suggest an alternative opinion. In contrast, we submit that rather than this being an issue with the advanced illness stage of this patient cohort, the problems were related to the symptom they were investigating: constipation.
We were most interested to read the letter by Bull et al.1 As researchers, clinicians and academics in supportive and palliative care, the letter resonated with our own experiences when trying to recruit to studies exploring the problems of disordered bowel function in patients with advanced cancer. Although the authors of the published letter attribute this to the advanced cancer population, we would like to suggest an alternative opinion. In contrast, we submit that rather than this being an issue with the advanced illness stage of this patient cohort, the problems were related to the symptom they were investigating: constipation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e1-e2 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- palliative care
- disordered bowel function
- constipation