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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
| 14 February 2019

Cultural safety strategies for rural Indigenous palliative care: a scoping review

Authors: Kaela Schill and Susana Caxaj
Content type: Research article
| 12 February 2019

Hospice care education needs of nursing home staff in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Mihyun Park, Hye-Ah Yeom and Sr Jinsun Yong
Content type: Research article
| 11 February 2019

Development and validation of a French questionnaire concerning patients’ perspectives of the quality of palliative care: the QUALI-PALLI-Patient

Authors: Frédéric Guirimand, Patricia Martel-Samb, Christian Guy-Coichard, Stéphane Picard, Bernard Devalois, Laure Copel, Anne Abel and Véronique Ghadi
Content type: Research article
| 8 February 2019

What do patients and family-caregivers value from hospice care? A systematic mixed studies review

Authors: Nicole Marie Hughes, Jane Noyes, Lindsay Eckley and Trystan Pritchard
Content type: Research article
| 7 February 2019

Enabling activity in palliative care: focus groups among occupational therapists

Authors: Sofia Tavemark, Liselotte N. Hermansson and Karin Blomberg

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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
| 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
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

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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, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Nancy Preston, Lancaster University, UK

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Cultural safety strategies for rural Indigenous palliative care: a scoping review

Hospice care education needs of nursing home staff in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Development and validation of a French questionnaire concerning patients’ perspectives of the quality of palliative care: the QUALI-PALLI-Patient

What do patients and family-caregivers value from hospice care? A systematic mixed studies review

Enabling activity in palliative care: focus groups among occupational therapists

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

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

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

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BMC Series blog

Respectful maternity care – the way forward

Highlights of the BMC Series: January 2019

The obesity-paradox: impact of body composition on cancer survival

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