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Understanding barriers and facilitators to palliative and end-of-life care research: a mixed method study of generalist and specialist health, social care, and research professionals
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Physicians’ understandings and experience of advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes: a qualitative study
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End-of-life care needs in cancer patients: a qualitative study of patient and family experiences
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Improving patients’, carers’ and primary care healthcare professionals’ experiences of discharge communication from specialist palliative care to community settings: a protocol for a qualitative interview study
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When a parent dies – a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers
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Oxygen use and survival in patients with advanced cancer and low oxygen saturation in home care: a preliminary retrospective cohort study
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Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines
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The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]
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Timing of palliative care referral and aggressive cancer care toward the end-of-life in pancreatic cancer: a retrospective, single-center observational study
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