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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
| 18 April 2019

Challenges in a six-phase process of questionnaire adaptation: findings from the French translation of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale

Authors: Anca-Cristina Sterie and Mathieu Bernard
Content type: Research article
| 12 April 2019

Towards appropriate information provision for and decision-making with patients with limited health literacy in hospital-based palliative care in Western countries: a scoping review into available communication strategies and tools for healthcare providers

Authors: Janneke Noordman, Liesbeth van Vliet, Menno Kaunang, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Gudule Boland and Sandra van Dulmen
Content type: Study protocol
| 9 April 2019

An online international comparison of thresholds for triggering a negative response to the “Surprise Question”: a study protocol

Authors: Nicola White, Linda Oostendorp, Victoria Vickerstaff, Christina Gerlach, Yvonne Engels, Maud Maessen, Christopher Tomlinson, Johan Wens, Bert Leysen, Guido Biasco, Sofia Zambrano, Steffen Eychmüller, Christina Avgerinou, Rabih Chattat, Giovanni Ottoboni, Carel Veldhoven…
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| 5 April 2019

Multicentre analysis of intensity of care at the end-of-life in patients with advanced cancer, combining health administrative data with hospital records: variations in practice call for routine quality evaluation

Authors: Isabelle Colombet, Carole Bouleuc, Alain Piolot, Aurélie Vilfaillot, Hélène Jaulmes, Sabine Voisin-Saltiel, François Goldwasser and Pascale Vinant
Content type: Research article
| 5 April 2019

Self-efficacy for coping: utility of the Cancer behavior inventory (Italian) for use in palliative care

Authors: Samantha Serpentini, Paola Del Bianco, Andrea Chirico, Thomas V. Merluzzi, Rosalba Martino, Fabio Lucidi, Gian Luca De Salvo, Leonardo Trentin and Eleonora Capovilla

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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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Challenges in a six-phase process of questionnaire adaptation: findings from the French translation of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale

Towards appropriate information provision for and decision-making with patients with limited health literacy in hospital-based palliative care in Western countries: a scoping review into available communication strategies and tools for healthcare providers

An online international comparison of thresholds for triggering a negative response to the “Surprise Question”: a study protocol

Multicentre analysis of intensity of care at the end-of-life in patients with advanced cancer, combining health administrative data with hospital records: variations in practice call for routine quality evaluation

Self-efficacy for coping: utility of the Cancer behavior inventory (Italian) for use in palliative care

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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