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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
| 17 October 2018

The experience of caring for patients at the end-of-life stage in non-palliative care settings: a qualitative study

Authors: Xiao Bin Lai, Frances Kam Yuet Wong and Shirley Siu Yin Ching
Content type: Research article
| 15 October 2018

Attitudes to specialist palliative care and advance care planning in people with COPD: a multi-national survey of palliative and respiratory medicine specialists

Authors: Natasha Smallwood, David Currow, Sara Booth, Anna Spathis, Louis Irving and Jennifer Philip
Content type: Research article
| 10 October 2018

Allow natural death versus do-not-resuscitate: titles, information contents, outcomes, and the considerations related to do-not-resuscitate decision

Authors: Sheng-Yu Fan, Ying-Wei Wang and I-Mei Lin
Content type: Research article
| 8 October 2018

First year experiences with a palliative out-patients structure for patients with COPD: a qualitative study of health professionals’ expectations and experiences

Authors: Dorthe Gaby Bove, Marie Lavesen, Maria Omel Jellington, Kristoffer Bastrup-Madsen Marsaa and Suzanne Forsyth Herling
Content type: Research article
| 5 October 2018

End-of-life situations in cardiology: a qualitative study of physicians' and nurses’ experience in a large university hospital

Authors: Fiona Ecarnot, Nicolas Meunier-Beillard, Marie-France Seronde, Romain Chopard, François Schiele, Jean-Pierre Quenot and Nicolas Meneveau

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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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The experience of caring for patients at the end-of-life stage in non-palliative care settings: a qualitative study

Attitudes to specialist palliative care and advance care planning in people with COPD: a multi-national survey of palliative and respiratory medicine specialists

Allow natural death versus do-not-resuscitate: titles, information contents, outcomes, and the considerations related to do-not-resuscitate decision

First year experiences with a palliative out-patients structure for patients with COPD: a qualitative study of health professionals’ expectations and experiences

End-of-life situations in cardiology: a qualitative study of physicians' and nurses’ experience in a large university hospital

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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Section Editors

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Improving the conversation between doctors and patients about antibiotic benefits and harms for coughs and colds

Relationships between neurological and psychiatric disorders: Could migraine and ADHD be correlated?

Media multitasking may be linked to altered perception of other people

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