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  1. Advanced ovarian cancer is the leading non-breast gynaecologic cause of malignant pleural effusion. Aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of mitoxantrone sclerotherapy as a palliative treatment of malig...

    Authors: Nikolaos Barbetakis, Michalis Vassiliadis, Konstantinos Kaplanis, Rosalia Valeri and Christodoulos Tsilikas
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2004 3:4
  2. Prior studies attempting to improve end-of-life care have focused on specific outcomes deemed important to healthcare providers, with disappointing results. Improvement may be best achieved by identifying conc...

    Authors: Jeff Powis, Edward Etchells, Douglas K Martin, Susan K MacRae and Peter A Singer
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2004 3:2
  3. Although guidelines for the care of the dying patient exist the evidence base to support the guidelines is poor. Some of the factors contributing to this include failure to recruit to trials, protective health...

    Authors: Andrew Fowell, Ian Russell, Ros Johnstone, Ilora Finlay and Daphne Russell
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2004 3:1
  4. How physicians approach decision-making when caring for critically ill patients is poorly understood. This study aims to explore how residents think about prognosis and approach care decisions when caring for ...

    Authors: Daniel C Johnson, Jean S Kutner and John D Armstrong II
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2003 2:1
  5. Palliative medicine is assuming an increasingly important role in patient care. The Education for Physicians in End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project is an ambitious program to increase core palliative care skills f...

    Authors: Frank D Ferris, Charles F von Gunten and Linda L Emanuel
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2002 1:5
  6. Quality of life is an important concept which is subjective and personal; what is an acceptable quality of life to one may be 'worse than death' to another. The objective of this study was to develop and valid...

    Authors: Kyriaki Mystakidou, Efi Parpa, Eleni Tsilika, Ourania Kalaidopoulou and Lambros Vlahos
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2002 1:3

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