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Impact of early palliative care intervention in autologous bone marrow transplantation: feasibility of a multicentric study
Impact of early palliative care intervention in autologous bone marrow transplantation: feasibility of a multicentric study
This prospective multicentre study evaluates the impact of Palliative Care Unit (PCU) intervention (Experimental Group, EG...
The elements of end-of-life care provision in paediatric intensive care units: a systematic integrative review
The elements of end-of-life care provision in paediatric intensive care units: a systematic integrative review
Deaths in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) are not uncommon. End-of-life care in PICUs is generally considered more...
Bereaved family members’ perspectives on quality of death in deceased acute cardiovascular disease patients compared with cancer patients – a comparison of the J-HOPE3 study and the quality of palliative care in heart disease (Q-PACH) study
Bereaved family members’ perspectives on quality of death in deceased acute cardiovascular disease patients compared with cancer patients – a comparison of the J-HOPE3 study and the quality of palliative care in heart disease (Q-PACH) study
Outcome measures during acute cardiovascular disease (CVD) phases, such as quality of death, have not been thoroughly eval...
How end-of-life care was limited during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey study among healthcare providers (the CO-LIVE study)
How end-of-life care was limited during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey study among healthcare providers (the CO-LIVE study)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the way in which end-of-life care was provided, underwent a lot of changes and therefor diff...
What helps or hinders effective end-of-life care in adult intensive care units in Middle Eastern countries? A systematic review
What helps or hinders effective end-of-life care in adult intensive care units in Middle Eastern countries? A systematic review
As many patients are spending their last days in critical care units, it is essential that they receive appropriate end-of...
Views of admitted palliative care patients and their clinicians on corneal donation discussions: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews
Views of admitted palliative care patients and their clinicians on corneal donation discussions: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews
There is a severe shortage of corneas for donation, globally, for transplantation and research purposes. One group of indi...
Identifying cancer patients who received palliative care using the SPICT-LIS in medical records: a rule-based algorithm and text-mining technique
Identifying cancer patients who received palliative care using the SPICT-LIS in medical records: a rule-based algorithm and text-mining technique
Due to limited numbers of palliative care specialists and/or resources, accessing palliative care remains limited in many ...
Investigation of grief and posttraumatic growth related to patient loss in pediatric intensive care nurses: a cross-sectional study
Investigation of grief and posttraumatic growth related to patient loss in pediatric intensive care nurses: a cross-sectional study
Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) are clinical settings where patient loss is frequently experienced. A sense of prof...
The meaning of dying and death for children, their carers, and families: a scoping review
The meaning of dying and death for children, their carers, and families: a scoping review
The meaning of dying and death are underexplored concepts for Canadian children. Subsequently, it is unclear how children ...
Palliative care for children: methodology for the development of a national clinical practice guideline
Palliative care for children: methodology for the development of a national clinical practice guideline
Provision of paediatric palliative care for children with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions and their families ...
The meaning of dignity in care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in acute and intensive care
The meaning of dignity in care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in acute and intensive care
The pandemic Era has forced palliative care professionals to use a dignity-in-care approach in different settings from the...
Discharge to home from a palliative care unit: impact on survival and factors associated with home death after the discharge: a cohort study
Discharge to home from a palliative care unit: impact on survival and factors associated with home death after the discharge: a cohort study
Staying at home during the dying process is important for many patients; and palliative care units (PCUs) can help facilit...
A shared decision-making model in pediatric palliative care: a qualitative study of healthcare providers
A shared decision-making model in pediatric palliative care: a qualitative study of healthcare providers
Pediatric shared decision-making (SDM) is a fundamental part of family-centered care. Pediatric palliative care (PPC) is o...
Palliative care research utilising intersectionality: a scoping review
Palliative care research utilising intersectionality: a scoping review
Access to palliative care is recognised as a human right, yet clear disparities exist. There have been recent appeals to e...
The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses’ experience in specialist palliative home care
The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses’ experience in specialist palliative home care
Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms in terminally ill patients. It is known that family members usually request drips...
Caring for patients during voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking (VSED): experiences of a palliative care team in Germany
Caring for patients during voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking (VSED): experiences of a palliative care team in Germany
Health-care professionals are confronted with patients who wish to end their lives through voluntarily stopping eating and...
Correction: Translation and cultural adaptation of the Greek integrated palliative care outcome scale (IPOS): challenges in a six-phase process
Correction: Translation and cultural adaptation of the Greek integrated palliative care outcome scale (IPOS): challenges in a six-phase process
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, whi...
Communication strategies used by medical physicians when delivering bad news at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study
Communication strategies used by medical physicians when delivering bad news at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study
Physicians’ communication with patients and their families is important during both the disease diagnosis and progno...
Experiences of the older spousal caregivers of patients with cancer during palliative chemotherapy: a qualitative descriptive study
Experiences of the older spousal caregivers of patients with cancer during palliative chemotherapy: a qualitative descriptive study
Several studies have characterized the experiences of family members caring for patients undergoing chemotherapy; however,...
Symptom and problem clusters in German specialist palliative home care - a factor analysis of non-oncological and oncological patients’ symptom burden
Symptom and problem clusters in German specialist palliative home care - a factor analysis of non-oncological and oncological patients’ symptom burden
Specialist palliative home care (SPHC) aims to maintain and improve patients’ quality of life in the community setti...
Healthcare practitioners’ perspectives of providing palliative care to patients from culturally diverse backgrounds: a qualitative systematic review
Healthcare practitioners’ perspectives of providing palliative care to patients from culturally diverse backgrounds: a qualitative systematic review
Palliative care practitioners are increasingly caring for patients and families from diverse cultural backgrounds. There i...
Interrater agreement of multi-professional case review as reference standard for specialist palliative care need: a mixed-methods study
Interrater agreement of multi-professional case review as reference standard for specialist palliative care need: a mixed-methods study
A wide variety of screening tools for the need for specialist palliative care (SPC) have been proposed for the use in onco...
Nurses’ perceptions of the challenges involved in providing of end-of-life care to people with heart failure: a context-based study
Nurses’ perceptions of the challenges involved in providing of end-of-life care to people with heart failure: a context-based study
High quality end-of-life care is essential. Yet for those experiencing heart failure, the provision of high-quality end- o...
How do navigation programs address the needs of those living in the community with advanced, life-limiting Illness? A realist evaluation of programs in Canada
How do navigation programs address the needs of those living in the community with advanced, life-limiting Illness? A realist evaluation of programs in Canada
We sought to identify innovative navigation programs across Canadian jurisdictions that target their services to individua...
Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey
Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey
New routes for supply of eye tissue are needed in the UK to support transplant surgery and medical research. Hospice care ...
Exploring the variations in death anxiety among oncology nurses in China: a latent class analysis
Exploring the variations in death anxiety among oncology nurses in China: a latent class analysis
Various factors have been found to be associated with high levels of death anxiety experienced by oncology nurses. The aim...
Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths. A focused ethnography
Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths. A focused ethnography
Home care nurses provide complex palliative care for patients who want to die in their own homes. This study aimed to expl...
Specialist perinatal palliative care: a retrospective review of antenatal referrals to a children’s palliative care service over 14 years
Specialist perinatal palliative care: a retrospective review of antenatal referrals to a children’s palliative care service over 14 years
Perinatal palliative care is an emerging branch of children’s palliative care. This study sought to better understan...
Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
The aim of this project was to review the literature on dry mouth / xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer, with the ...
Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study
Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study
The palliative care period not only affects patients but also family caregivers in many ways. Palliative care units are pl...
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