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ArticleFuture healthcare journal2026

Palliative medicine in 2050: how will people live the last part of life?

Donna Wakefield, Sarah Perrott, George Turner, Libby Sallnow

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Article in Future healthcare journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Donna WakefieldWolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Sarah PerrottMarie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
George TurnerMarie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
Libby SallnowMarie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London (UCL), London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With life expectancies rising as health-related suffering grows, and efforts to extend the human lifespan unfold against a backdrop of rising health inequalities, the landscape and nature of dying in 2050 is uncertain. Recognising this uncertainty, we have chosen to take an optimistic perspective about what 2050 may hold at the end of life, exploring not only the challenges, but also the emerging possibilities that may shape our dying, caring and grieving. This vision is primarily based on our experiences as clinicians based in the UK, but has potential to be realised more widely.

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PMID41969843
PMCPMC13063270

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