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The meaning of dignity in care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in acute and intensive care
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Discharge to home from a palliative care unit: impact on survival and factors associated with home death after the discharge: a cohort 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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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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