BMC Palliative Care

BMC Palliative Care is recruiting new Editorial Board Members. More information and how to apply can be found here. We are looking forward to hearing from you. 

The financial burden of end of life caregiving can be substantial, and evidence suggests that the costs of caring are not distributed equitably. Our Editorial Board Member Dr. Gardiner and colleagues present a critical debate article and a review of evidence which highlights how the financial costs of informal caregiving represent an equity issue in palliative care, and generates recommendations to be addressed through the recently established European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) Taskforce on the financial costs of family caregiving.

Struggling with the term ‘palliative sedation’? Our Section Editor Prof. Jan Schildmann and his colleague Dr. Alexander Kremling from University of Halle analyzed and discussed the notorious ambiguity and recommend strategies for comprehensive future concepts. Read their full article here.

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

• Identity transparency: Single anonymized
• Reviewer interacts with: Editor
• Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

We welcome your feedback on this Peer Review Taxonomy Pilot. Please can you take the time to complete this short survey.