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  1. Despite its prevalent and impactful nature, dry mouth remains an underexposed and undertreated symptom in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty. The main contributing factors are a lack of awarene...

    Authors: Annelot I. van der Meulen, Evelien P. J. G. Neis, Ellen J. M. de Nijs, Bénédicte J. E. G. Coenegracht, Arianne Stoppelenburg, Marieke H. J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen and Yvette M. van der Linden
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:120
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  2. Most patients in specialized palliative care units need nursing support to perform activities of daily living (ADL), such as using a toilet or transferring out of a bed or chair. To deliver high-quality ADL su...

    Authors: Heidrun Gattinger, Stefan Ott, Carola Maurer, Brigitte Marty-Teuber, Virpi Hantikainen and André Fringer
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:119
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  3. According to § 27 and § 87 1b of the German Social Code, Book V, general outpatient palliative care (GOPC) aims to promote, maintain, and improve the quality of life and self-determination of seriously ill peo...

    Authors: Sven H. Loosen, Jacqueline Schwartz, Steven Grewe, Sarah Krieg, Andreas Krieg, Tom Luedde, Yann-Nicolas Batzler, Karel Kostev, Martin Neukirchen and Christoph Roderburg
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:118
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  4. Provision of and access to paediatric end-of-life care is inequitable, but previous research on this area has focused on perspectives of health professionals in specific settings or children with specific cond...

    Authors: Andrew Papworth, Julia Hackett, Bryony Beresford, Fliss Murtagh, Helen Weatherly, Sebastian Hinde, Andre Bedendo, Gabriella Walker, Jane Noyes, Sam Oddie, Chakrapani Vasudevan, Richard G. Feltbower, Bob Phillips, Richard Hain, Gayathri Subramanian, Andrew Haynes…
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:117
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  5. This study aimed to evaluate the risk and protective factors associated with anxiety and depression symptoms in cancer patients at an advanced stage of cancer.

    Authors: Gustavo Souza Gontijo Garcia, Karina Cardoso Meira, Alessandra Hubner de Souza and Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:116
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  6. Patients with heart failure have significant palliative care needs, but few are offered palliative care. Understanding the experiences of delivering and receiving palliative care from different perspectives ca...

    Authors: Bader Nael Remawi, Amy Gadoud and Nancy Preston
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:115
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  7. The place of last care carries importance for patients at the end of life. It is influenced by the realities of the social welfare and healthcare systems, cultural aspects, and symptom burden. This study aims ...

    Authors: Sebastian M. Christ, Ellen Hünerwadel, Bigna Hut, Maiwand Ahmadsei, Oliver Matthes, Annina Seiler, Markus Schettle, David Blum and Caroline Hertler
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:114
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  8. The role of palliative care for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have been proven in some developed countries, but it is still unclear in the mainland of China. In fact, patients with ESRD experience ma...

    Authors: Xuefei Wang, Yongzhen Mo, Yingying Yuan, Yi Zhou, Yan Chen, Juan Sheng and Jing Liu
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:113
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  9. The evaluation of spiritual requirements in patients can facilitate the delivery of spiritual care as an essential element of holistic healthcare. The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate the...

    Authors: Fahimeh Alsadat Hosseini, Marzieh Momennasab, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Shahrzad Yektatalab, Maryam Shaygan and Armin Zareiyan
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:112
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  10. Patient-reported outcomes in palliative care enable early monitoring and management of symptoms that most impact patients’ daily lives; however, there are several barriers to adopting electronic Patient-report...

    Authors: Letteria Consolo, Stella Colombo, Ilaria Basile, Daniele Rusconi, Tiziana Campa, Augusto Caraceni and Maura Lusignani
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:111
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  11. To improve transmural palliative care for older adults acutely admitted to hospital, the PalliSupport intervention, comprising an educational programme and transmural palliative care pathway, was developed. Th...

    Authors: Iris van Doorne, Marike A. de Meij, Juliette L. Parlevliet, Vera M. W. van Schie, Dick L. Willems, Bianca M. Buurman and Marjon van Rijn
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:110
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  12. To identify the processes of cancer-related pain relief and exacerbation faced by outpatients in an acute care hospital and to examine the support needed for outpatient pain control.

    Authors: Miwa Hinata, Kikuko Miyazaki, Takeo Nakayama, Megumi Tokunaga, Toru Watanabe and Shuichi Nawata
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:109
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  13. In palliative care, registered nurses provide advanced nursing care to relieve patients’ symptoms and increase their quality of life based on physical, mental, social and existential dimensions. Conversations,...

    Authors: Tove Stenman, Ulla Näppä, Ylva Rönngren and Christina Melin-Johansson
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:108
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  15. Stroke is a prevalent neurological disease that can have a profound impact on women’s physical, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being. In many cases, women living with stroke may have marginalized palliative ...

    Authors: Marwa Nayef Alhalabi, Inaam Abdulla Khalaf, Ruqayya Sayed Zeilani, Hala Ahmad Bawadi, Ahmad S. Musa and Abdulqadir J. Nashwan
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:106
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  16. Palliative care is an effective model of care focused on maximizing quality of life and relieving the suffering of people with serious illnesses, including dementia. Evidence shows that many people receiving c...

    Authors: Kathleen T. Unroe, Mary Ersek, Wanzhu Tu, Alexander Floyd, Todd Becker, Jessica Trimmer, Jodi Lamie and John Cagle
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:105
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  17. Communication about patients’ values, goals, and prognosis in serious illness (serious illness communication) is a cornerstone of person-centered care yet difficult to implement in practice. As part of Serious...

    Authors: Joanna Paladino, Justin J. Sanders, Erik K. Fromme, Susan Block, Juliet C. Jacobsen, Vicki A. Jackson, Christine S. Ritchie and Suzanne Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:104
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  18. Providing care for ageing and vulnerable people with intellectual disability (ID) is challenging, and professionals working in ID care often have limited experience in palliative care. The current study provid...

    Authors: Hille Voss, Anneke L. Francke and Anke J.E. de Veer
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:103
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  19. In Palliative Care, actors from different professional backgrounds work together and exchange case-specific and expert knowledge and information. Since Palliative Care is traditionally distant from digitalizat...

    Authors: Sandra Grimminger, Maria Heckel, Moritz Markgraf, Sarah Peuten, Moritz Wöhl, Henner Gimpel, Carsten Klein, Christoph Ostgathe, Tobias Steigleder and Werner Schneider
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:102
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. In November 2021, assisted dying (AD) became lawful in Aotearoa New Zealand. A terminally ill person may now request, and receive, pharmacological assistance (self-administered or provided by a medical practit...

    Authors: Jeanne Snelling, Jessica Young, Sophie Beaumont, Kate Diesfeld, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jacqualine Robinson and Tess Moeke-Maxwell
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:101
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  21. The number of palliative care patients with complex needs is increasing in developed countries. In addition to physical aspects and symptom control, psychosocial aspects are of great importance for palliative ...

    Authors: Cathrin Michel, Hannah Seipp, Katrin Kuss, Michaela Hach, Andrea Kussin, Jorge Riera-Knorrenschild and Stefan Bösner
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:100
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  22. Over the last few years, the presence of physiotherapists in Palliative Care Units (PCU) has considerably grown based on evidence from studies supporting the use of non-pharmacological measures as part of Pall...

    Authors: A Navarro-Meléndez, MJ Gimenez, Y Robledo-Donascimento, A Río-González and A Lendínez-Mesa
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:99
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  23. Most people living with a terminal illness and approaching death will need the assistance of a non-professional carer such as a family member, friend, or neighbour to provide physical, emotional, and practical...

    Authors: Jennifer Tieman, Peter Hudson, Kristina Thomas, Di Saward and Deborah Parker
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:98
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  25. To combine the benefits of hospice and palliative care, the integration of both seems self-evident. Aim of this study was to explore clinical staff’s and volunteers’ expectations and concerns of the first univ...

    Authors: Kim Dillen, Thomas Montag, Birgit Weihrauch, Heidrun Golla, Raymond Voltz and Julia Strupp
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:96
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  26. Pain is a significant problem for many people with advanced disease or a serious illness. Culture and ethnicity can affect the experience and management of pain. However, there is limited research in South Asi...

    Authors: Gemma Clarke, Jodie Crooks, Michael I. Bennett, Zarina Mirza, Ruby Bhatti OBE, Wali Nazar, Rahila Mughal and Shenaz Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:90
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  27. To improve cancer patients’ quality of life, palliative care is necessary. The growth of palliative care, along with the assistance of the government and the collaboration of specialists, also relies on the kn...

    Authors: Sajjad Bagheri and Maasoumeh Barkhordari-Sharifabad
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:95
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  28. Within Germany, there is a heterogeneous range of training and continuing education in palliative care for different professional groups. The German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP), together with the Ger...

    Authors: Kevin Marciniak, Alexandra Scherg, Piret Paal, Stephen Mason and Frank Elsner
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:94
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  29. There is growing evidence that conversations between healthcare professionals and patients with serious illness can improve the quality of end-of-life cancer care. Yet, there is lack of insight into how differ...

    Authors: Cæcilie Borregaard Myrhøj, Dorte Toudal Viftrup, Mary Jarden and Stine Novrup Clemmensen
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:93
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  30. Cultural factors, including religious or cultural beliefs, shape patients’ death and dying experiences, including palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care preferences. Allied health providers must understand thei...

    Authors: Hardeep Singh, Arta Taghavi Haghayegh, Riya Shah, Lovisa Cheung, Sachindri Wijekoon, Kevin Reel and Ruheena Sangrar
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:92
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  31. Studies indicated that patients with advance directives (ADs) have a generally better quality of life near death. Yet, the concept of ADs is relatively new in East Asian countries. This study examined the asso...

    Authors: Duan-Rung Chen and Hui-Ching Weng
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:91
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  33. Psychological distress is common in patients with cancer; interfering with physical and psychological wellbeing, and hindering management of physical symptoms. Our aim was to systematically review published ev...

    Authors: Carole A. Paley, Jason W. Boland, Martina Santarelli, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Lucy Ziegler and Emma J. Chapman
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:88
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  34. Palliative care involves an approach aimed at improving the quality of life of patients and their families, who are forced to cope with the problems associated with life-threatening diseases. This definition i...

    Authors: Nataliya Kasimovskaya, Natalia Geraskina, Elena Fomina, Svetlana Ivleva, Maria Krivetskaya, Nina Ulianova and Marina Zhosan
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:87
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  35. The Chochinov Dignity Model was developed based on a cohort of adult patients with advanced cancer, but its role among dying children is not clear. This study aims to develop a model of dignity for children re...

    Authors: Siyu Cai, Qiaohong Guo, Junyi Lin, Chanjuan Deng, Huijun Li and Xuan Zhou
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:86
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  36. Clinical trial participation for patients with non-curative cancer is unlikely to present personal clinical benefit, which raises the bar for informed consent. Previous work demonstrates that decisions by pati...

    Authors: Mary Murphy, Eilís McCaughan, Gareth Thompson, Matthew A Carson, Jeffrey R Hanna, Monica Donovan, Richard H Wilson and Donna Fitzsimons
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:85
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  37. The influence of demographic factors on the completion and knowledge of the Portuguese Advance Directives (PAD) and the Health Care Proxy’s (HCP) role is still not clear.

    Authors: Catarina Sampaio Martins and Rui Nunes
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:84
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  39. The majority of Chinese people who are nearing the end of their lives prefer to receive home-based palliative care. Telehealth, as a new service model, has the potential to meet the increasing demand for this ...

    Authors: Junchen Guo, Yunyun Dai, Youwen Gong, Xianghua Xu and Yongyi Chen
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:82
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  40. Palliative care is a form of medical care designed to enhance the quality of life of patients with life-threatening conditions. This study was conducted to compare the accuracy of predicted survival the 1 and ...

    Authors: Siripan Koyavatin, Shan Woo Liu and Jiraporn Sri-on
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:81
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  41. To describe the process of delivery of pediatric palliative care from the perspective of a pediatric interdisciplinary team and the children’s parents.

    Authors: Patricia Rico-Mena, Javier Güeita-Rodríguez, Ricardo Martino-Alba, Lourdes Chocarro-Gonzalez, Ismael Sanz-Esteban and Domingo Palacios-Ceña
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:80
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  42. Older patients are increasingly showing multi-comorbidities, including advanced chronic diseases. When admitted to the emergency department (ED), the decision to pursue life-prolonging treatments or to initiat...

    Authors: Delphine Bourmorck, Marie de Saint-Hubert, Marianne Desmedt, Ruth Piers, Julien Flament and Isabelle De Brauwer
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:79
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  43. The role of death doula has emerged in recent years, arguably as a result of overwhelming demands on carers, healthcare professionals and service providers in end-of-life care. Death doulas work independently ...

    Authors: Deb Rawlings, Lauren Miller-Lewis, Jennifer Tieman and Kate Swetenham
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:78
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  44. In order to improve the provision of palliative care by nurses, it is necessary to have a tool that measures different dimensions of palliative care and the knowledge and performance of nurses in this field. T...

    Authors: Mohajer Abdoli, Katharina Fetz, Shahram Molavynejad, Hamid Sharif-Nia and Marziyeh Asadizaker
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:77
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  46. Patients with terminal diseases may benefit physically and psychosocially from an outpatient palliative care visit. Palliative care services are limited in Pakistan. An improved understanding of the symptom cl...

    Authors: Wardah Rafaqat, Abbas Raza Syed, Ibrahim Munaf Ahmed, Shiraz Hashmi, Ismat Jabeen, Samina Rajwani, Uqba Qamar and Muhammad Atif Waqar
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:75
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  47. Terror management theory (TMT) posits that people manage death-related anxiety through the meaning provided by their cultural world-views and the sense of personal value provided by self-esteem. While a large ...

    Authors: Mark Svet, Laura B. Portalupi, Tom Pyszczynski, Daniel D. Matlock and Larry A. Allen
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:74
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  49. To evaluate the clinical effect of a multidisciplinary collaboration team combined with a palliative care model in patients with terminal cancer.

    Authors: Yu-Jing Liu, Li-Ping Wu, Hong Wang, Qing Han, Shu-Na Wang and Jing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:71
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  50. The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures have drastically impacted end-of-life and grief experiences globally, including those related to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). No known qualitative stud...

    Authors: Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, Tharshika Thangarasa, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li and Sarah Hales
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:70
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