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Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing palliative care for patients with diabetes – a qualitative study
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Community-based palliative care needs and barriers to access among cancer patients in rural north India: a Participatory action research
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“The patient as teacher” - thematic analysis of undergraduate medical students’ experiences with an experiential learning project in palliative care
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Enhancing palliative care for advanced cancer patients: evaluating implementation and impact of a virtual nurse-led symptom monitoring and telehealth initiative
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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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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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The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]
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