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Featured article: Supporting caregivers by evaluating risks and needs

Patients in palliative care receive an important support by caregivers. Their role is often demanding and there is therefore the necessity of providing an appropriate support. Assessment of risks and needs of caregivers led to the development of a targeted support plan that showed acceptability and usefulness in palliative care setting.

Content type: Research article
| 19 November 2018

Addressing the needs of terminally-ill patients in Bosnia-Herzegovina: patients’ perceptions and expectations

Authors: S. Aebischer Perone, R. Nikolic, R. Lazic, E. Dropic, T. Vogel, B. Lab, S. Lachat, P. Hudelson, C. Matis, S. Pautex and F. Chappuis
Content type: Research article
| 7 November 2018

Bereaved parents’ experiences of research participation

Authors: Ashleigh E. Butler, Helen Hall and Beverley Copnell
Content type: Research article
| 31 October 2018

A public health approach to palliative care in the response to drug resistant TB: an ethnographic study in Bengaluru, India

Authors: Joseph M. Sawyer, Rahul Asgr, Florence N. Todd Fordham and John D.H. Porter
Content type: Research article
| 24 October 2018

Access to palliative care for homeless people: complex lives, complex care

Authors: Anke J E de Veer, Barbara Stringer, Berno van Meijel, Renate Verkaik and Anneke L Francke
Content type: Technical advance
| 19 October 2018

Talk CPR - a technology project to improve communication in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions in palliative illness

Authors: Mark Taubert, James Norris, Sioned Edwards, Veronica Snow and Ilora Gillian Finlay

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Content type: Review
| 25 October 2012

Clinical aspects of palliative care in advanced Parkinson’s disease

Authors: Johan Lokk and Ahmad Delbari
Content type: Research article
| 19 August 2008

Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines

Authors: Peter Hudson, Karen Quinn, Brendan O'Hanlon and Sanchia Aranda
Content type: Research article
| 4 March 2014

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice and associated factors towards palliative care among nurses working in selected hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Authors: Hiwot Kassa, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Fissiha Zewdu, Mignote Hailu and Desalegn Woldeyohannes
Content type: Research article
| 8 April 2010

Implementing advance care planning: a qualitative study of community nurses' views and experiences

Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack and Sheila Kennedy
Content type: Research article
| 1 August 2015

Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

Authors: Glenys Caswell, Kristian Pollock, Rowan Harwood and Davina Porock

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BMC Palliative Care is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.

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Maria Zalm, BioMed Central, UK

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Jan Schildmann, University of Munich, Germany
Nancy Preston, Lancaster University, UK

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Addressing the needs of terminally-ill patients in Bosnia-Herzegovina: patients’ perceptions and expectations

Bereaved parents’ experiences of research participation

A public health approach to palliative care in the response to drug resistant TB: an ethnographic study in Bengaluru, India

Access to palliative care for homeless people: complex lives, complex care

Talk CPR - a technology project to improve communication in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions in palliative illness

Clinical aspects of palliative care in advanced Parkinson’s disease

Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice and associated factors towards palliative care among nurses working in selected hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Implementing advance care planning: a qualitative study of community nurses' views and experiences

Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

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Exploring cancer risk in men on International Men’s day

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Breech birth at home: a new study of safety outcomes

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