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  1. Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer are at high risk of poor psychosocial outcomes, and evidence-based interventions designed to meet their psychosocial and communication needs are lacking. The mai...

    Authors: Alison O’Daffer, Liam Comiskey, Samantha R. Scott, Chuan Zhou, Miranda C. Bradford, Joyce P. Yi-Frazier and Abby R. Rosenberg
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:60
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  2. Neonatal death is often preceded by end-of-life medical decisions. This study aimed to determine whether the context of death − after a decision of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (WWLST) ...

    Authors: Gilles Cambonie, Chloé Desage, Pénélope Thaller, Anne Lemaitre, Karine Bertran de Balanda, Clémentine Combes and Arthur Gavotto
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:58
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  3. Annually 57 million people across the globe require palliative care, 76% are from low- and-middle income countries. Continuity of palliative care contributes to a decline in emergency room visits., decreased h...

    Authors: Yonas Abate, Kalkidan Solomon, Yoseph Mamo Azmera, Marlieke de Fouw and Mirgissa Kaba
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:57
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  5. Life-limited patients may lose decision-making abilities during disease progression. Advance care planning can be used as a discussion method for healthcare professionals to understand patients’ future care pr...

    Authors: Nanxi Zhu, Liu Yang, Xianlin Wang, Jinmei Tuo, Liuliu Chen, Renli Deng and Rick Yiu Cho Kwan
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:55
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  6. As Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive disease for which there is no cure yet, patients in the advanced stage of HD may benefit from palliative care.

    Authors: Dorine J. Boersema-Wijma, Erik van Duijn, Anne-Wil Heemskerk, Jenny T. van der Steen and Wilco P. Achterberg
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:54
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:63

  7. A significant number of critically ill neonates face potentially adverse prognoses and outcomes, with some of them fulfilling the criteria for perinatal palliative care. When counselling parents about the crit...

    Authors: Regula Limacher, Jean-Claude Fauchère, Deborah Gubler and Manya Jerina Hendriks
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:53
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  8. Psychological research examining the nature and workings of gratitude has burgeoned over the past two decades. However, few studies have considered gratitude in the palliative care context. Based on an explora...

    Authors: Mathieu Bernard, Emmanuelle Poncin, Emilie Bovet, Emmanuel Tamches, Boris Cantin, Josiane Pralong and Gian Domenico Borasio
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:52
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  9. The accuracy of prognostication has important implications for patients, families, and health services since it may be linked to clinical decision-making, patient experience and outcomes and resource allocatio...

    Authors: M. Orlovic, J. Droney, V. Vickerstaff, J. Rosling, A. Bearne, M. Powell, J. Riley, P. McFarlane, J. Koffman and P. Stone
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:51
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  10. Palliative care is an integral part of health care, which in term has become increasingly technologized in recent decades. Lately, innovative smart sensors combined with artificial intelligence promise better ...

    Authors: Tabea Ott, Maria Heckel, Natalie Öhl, Tobias Steigleder, Nils C. Albrecht, Christoph Ostgathe and Peter Dabrock
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:50
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. Hospice and palliative care nursing (HPCN) in China is mainly available at public primary care institutions, where nursing homes (NHs) are rarely involved. Nursing assistants (NAs) play an essential role in HP...

    Authors: Zhuojun Ye, Limei Jing, Haoyu Zhang, Yongfa Qin, Hangqi Chen, Jiying Yang, Ruize Zhu, Jingrong Wang, Huiwen Zhang, Yifan Xu and Tianshu Chu
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:49
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  12. In Colombia, cancer incidence is increasing, as is the demand for end-of-life care. Understanding how patients who die from cancer experience this phase will allow the identification of factors associated with...

    Authors: Angélica Arango-Gutiérrez, Socorro Moreno, Martín Rondón, Lucía I Arroyo, Liliana Ardila, Fabián Alexander Leal Arenas, José A Calvache and Esther de Vries
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:48
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  13. The need to spread the culture of palliative care and to train health care professionals from undergraduate courses is recognised internationally. The article presents the outcomes of a project devoted to pall...

    Authors: Ines Testoni, Lucia Ronconi, Hod Orkibi, Gianmarco Biancalani, Melania Raccichini, Luca Franchini, Shoshi Keisari, Mihaela Bucuta, Krzysztof Cieplinski, Michael Wieser and Silvia Varani
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:47
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  14. The message of palliative care can be promoted using creative thinking and gamification. It can be an innovative strategy to promote changes in behaviour, promote thinking, and work on skills such as empathy.

    Authors: Carla Reigada, Anna Sandgren, Sonia Rivas, Ana Carvajal, Santiago Hermida-Romero, Edgar Benítez, Guillem Ripoll, Inés Olza, Carlos Centeno and Beatriz Gómez
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:46
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  15. There has been a growing interest in studying the value of physical exercise in children with disabilities or chronic health conditions because of evidence of improvement in quality of life, social acceptance,...

    Authors: Irene Avagnina, Anna Santini, Irene Maghini, Eleonora Salamon, Simonetta Papa, Luca Giacomelli, Giorgio Perilongo, Caterina Agosto and Franca Benini
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:45
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  16. Dying at home accompanied by loved-ones is regarded favorably and brings good luck in Taiwan. This study aimed to examine the relevant factors affecting whether an individual dies at home or not in a group of ...

    Authors: Pei-Jung Chang, Cheng-Fu Lin, Ya-Huei Juang, Jui-Yu Chiu, Lung-Chun Lee, Shih-Yi Lin and Yu-Hui Huang
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:44
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  17. Advance care planning (ACP) is the process supporting individuals with life-limiting illness to make informed decisions about their future healthcare. Ethnic disparities in ACP have been widely highlighted, bu...

    Authors: Jodie Crooks, Sophie Trotter and Gemma Clarke
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:43
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  18. A third of patients with advanced cancer and bone metastasis suffer from cancer induced bone pain (CIBP), impeding quality of life, psychological distress, depression and anxiety. This study will evaluate the ...

    Authors: Natasha Michael, Merlina Sulistio, Robert Wojnar and Alexandra Gorelik
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:42
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  19. Nurturing effective physician-patient relationships is essential to the provision of patient-centred care. Palliative care physicians may apply boundary-crossings or breaches in professional standards to nurtu...

    Authors: Chong Yao Ho, Nicole-Ann Lim, Nur Diana Abdul Rahman, Min Chiam, Jamie Xuelian Zhou, Gillian Li Gek Phua, Eng Koon Ong, Crystal Lim, Anupama Roy Chowdhury and Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:41
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  20. New Zealand recently introduced law permitting terminally ill people to request and receive assisted dying (AD) in specified circumstances. Given the nature and complexity of this new health service, research ...

    Authors: Jessica Young, Jeanne Snelling, Sophie Beaumont, Kate Diesfeld, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jacqualine Robinson, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Gary Cheung, Aida Dehkhoda, Richard Egan, James Jap, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, Leanne Manson, Cam McLaren and Janine Winters
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:40
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  21. Palliative care (PC) improves Quality of life and reduces the symptom burden. Aggressive treatments at end of life (EOL) postpone PC. The aim of this single-center retrospective study was to evaluate the timin...

    Authors: Nelli-Sofia Nåhls, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Tiina Saarto, Outi Hirvonen and Anu Anttonen
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:39
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  22. Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased need for care and support. Discussions about the future often happen late or never, partly due to reluctance or fear. In a ...

    Authors: Danielle Nimmons, Jill Manthorpe, Emily West, Greta Rait, Elizabeth L Sampson, Steve Iliffe and Nathan Davies
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:38
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  23. Palliative care teams work under challenging conditions in a sensitive setting with difficult tasks. The multi-professional team can play an important role. Mindfulness and compassion-based practices are used ...

    Authors: Franziska Lautwein, Manuela Schallenburger, Alexandra Scherg, Daniel Schlieper, André Karger, Yesche Udo Regel, Jacqueline Schwartz and Martin Neukirchen
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:37
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  24. The COVID-19 pandemic impacts on working routines and workload of palliative care (PC) teams but information is lacking how resource use and associated hospital costs for PC changed at patient-level during the...

    Authors: Farina Hodiamont, Caroline Schatz, Eva Schildmann, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Katerina Hriskova, Constanze Rémi, Reiner Leidl, Susanne Tänzler and Claudia Bausewein
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:36
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:56

  25. Majority of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) have limited and delayed access to palliative care even though many suffer from incurable chronic illnesses that will likely require the provision of p...

    Authors: Emmanuel Bagaragaza, Isabelle Colombet, Mireille Perineau, Philippe Aegerter and Frédéric Guirimand
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:35
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  26. Clinical experts experienced challenges in the practice of palliative sedation (PS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid deterioration in patients’ situation was observed while the indications for starting PS s...

    Authors: Maaike Rijpstra, Evelien Kuip, Jeroen Hasselaar and Kris Vissers
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has developed the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-SWB32), a measure of spiritual well-being validated with people receiving ...

    Authors: Raimo Goyarrola, Jari Lipsanen, Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, Raili Suviranta, Eeva Rahko, Annamarja Lamminmäki, Tuula Klaavuniemi, Satu Ahtiluoto, Antti Ohvanainen, Pekka Metso and Reino Pöyhiä
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:33
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  29. In this editorial, we highlight the interaction between patients who are diagnosed with severe mental illness and their treatment within palliative care, a clinical area of specialized focus which has a multit...

    Authors: Eva Katharina Masel, Bárbara Antunes and Christian Schulz-Quach
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:31
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  30. Nurses require advanced competence in palliative care, but they face wide variations in education and a shortage in opportunities for clinical placement. Simulation-based learning (SBL) can enable students to ...

    Authors: Karoline Skedsmo, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves Nes, Hege Vistven Stenseth, Kristin Hofsø, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Deborah Hilderson, Dieter Smis, Carina Lundh Hagelin, Camilla Olaussen, Marianne Trygg Solberg, Hanne Maria Bingen, Mia Alexandra Ølnes and Simen A. Steindal
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:30
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  31. Compared to aggressive treatment for patients at the end stage of life, hospice care might be more likely to satisfy such patients’ need and benefits and improve their dignity and quality of life. Whether the ...

    Authors: Tsung-Hsien Yu, Frank Leigh Lu, Chung-Jen Wei and Wei-Wen Wu
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:29
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  32. Hospital chaplains aid patients confronting challenges related to palliative and end-of-life care, but relatively little is known about how chaplains view and respond to such needs among Muslim patients, and h...

    Authors: Robert Klitzman, Gabrielle Di Sapia Natarelli, Elizaveta Garbuzova, Stephanie Sinnappan and Jay Al-Hashimi
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:28
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  33. Nursing home entry often marks the transition into the end-of-life. In 2018, Germany legally introduced reimbursement for advance care planning (ACP according to § 132 g SGB V) in nursing homes that applied fo...

    Authors: Stephanie Stiel, Anna Levke Brütt, Jona T Stahmeyer, Anne W E Bockelmann, Tanja Schleef, Anna Völkel and Falk Hoffmann
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:27
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  34. Palliative day care clinics (PDCCs) complement inpatient and home palliative care and provide access to a range of multi-professional services. However, they are not part of standard care in Germany. Yet, inte...

    Authors: Anne Müller, Alfred Paul, Johannes Best, Stephanie Kunkel, Raymond Voltz and Julia Strupp
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:26
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Depression in patients with cancer is frequently underestimated and causes major suffering to patients and families. This study purposed to determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, depressive ...

    Authors: Jarurin Pitanupong, Wannapa Phirom, Rungarun Kittichet and Kanthee Anantapong
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:25
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  36. Advance Care Planning (ACP) enables patients to define and discuss their goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care. However, the structural implementation of ACP interventions remains challen...

    Authors: Eline V. T. J. van Lummel, Yoeki Meijer, Dave H. T. Tjan and Johannes J. M. van Delden
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:24
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  37. Psychological distress is a major concern for patients with end-stage heart failure (HF). However, psychiatric care for patients with HF is not as organized as that for patients with cancer. Therefore, the aim...

    Authors: Kanako Ichikura, Shiho Matsuoka, Hiroki Chiba, Hina Ishida, Yuko Fukase, Hanako Murase, Hirokuni Tagaya, Takashi Takeuchi and Eisuke Matsushima
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:23
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  38. Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a common symptom in cancer patients treated with opioids with a prevalence of up to 59%. International guidelines recommend standard laxatives such as macrogol/electrolytes...

    Authors: K.R.J. Kistemaker, A. de Graeff, M. Crul, G. de Klerk, P.M. van de Ven, M.P. van der Meulen, L. van Zuylen and M.A.H. Steegers
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:22
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  39. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe and profoundly impact the end-of-life care experience, including service provision. There is a paucity of research examining healthcare workers’ experien...

    Authors: Marguerite Kelly, Imogen Mitchell, Iain Walker, Jane Mears and Brett Scholz
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:21
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Older people with noncancer conditions are less likely to be referred to palliative care services due to the inherent uncertain disease trajectory and a lack of standardised referral criteria. For older adults...

    Authors: Arisa Kawashima and Catherine J. Evans
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:20
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  41. The communication processes between different stakeholders in outpatient palliative care face challenges when multiprofessional teams want to keep each other updated on patient information. Meanwhile, the soft...

    Authors: Anastasia Suslow, Chantal Giehl, Jannis Hergesell, Horst Christian Vollmar and Ina Otte
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:19
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  42. We have several major concerns about this article [Guastella et al 2021]. Although it states that it is about palliative sedation, it is not. Rather, it is about the French Claeys Leonetti Law about Continuous...

    Authors: Robert Twycross, Christina Faull, David Wenzel and David Oliver
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:18
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Palliative Care 2021 20:68

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:17

  43. We read with interest the letter by Twycross and al on our article recently published in BMC Palliative Care. The authors suggest that the term palliative sedation has been used inappropriately and they consid...

    Authors: V. Guastella, A. Greil, C. Lambert and A. Lautrette
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:17
    Content type: Matters Arising Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:18

  44. Cancer is the third highest cause of death in Kenya. Eighty percent of cancer cases arrive at advanced stages, when there is nothing that can be done to cure them, and palliative care is the best alternative. ...

    Authors: Wesley Too, Faith Lelei, Mary Adam and Pete Halestrap
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Pain is a common symptom in palliative care cancer patients and is often insufficiently relieved. In recent years, transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) of the motor cortex has been shown to be effect...

    Authors: Jean-Paul Nguyen, Hélène Gaillard, Alcira Suarez, Élie Terzidis-Mallat, Diane Constant-David, Aurélien Van Langhenhove, Adrien Evin, Catherine Malineau, Son V. O. Tan, Alaa Mhalla, Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur and Julien Nizard
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:15
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Assessing and measuring the experience and quality of care provided is central to the improvement of care delivery of all healthcare systems. This paper reports on the development of a survey instrument to cap...

    Authors: Diarmuid Ó Coimín, Daniela Rohde, Conor Foley, Tracy O’Carroll and Róisín Murphy
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Authors: Karin Zimmermann, Michael Simon, Katrin Scheinemann, Eva Maria Tinner Oehler, Michèle Widler, Simone Keller, Günther Fink, Stefan Mitterer, Anne-Kathrin Gerber, Stefanie von Felten and Eva Bergstraesser
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:13
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Palliative Care 2022 21:188

  48. The tremendous physical and mental burden that comes with caregiving puts the intimate partners of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer at risk for mental disorders. However, most partners seem to be protec...

    Authors: Sophie Opsomer, Sofie Joossens, Emelien Lauwerier, Jan De Lepeleire and Peter Pype
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:12
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  49. Initially developed in the intensive care unit (ICU) at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) the 3 Wishes Project (3WP) provides personalized, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. The ob...

    Authors: Julie C. Reid, Brittany Dennis, Neala Hoad, France Clarke, Rajendar Hanmiah, Daniel Brandt Vegas, Anne Boyle, Feli Toledo, Jill C. Rudkowski, Mark Soth, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Andrew Cheung, Kathleen Willison, Thanh H. Neville, Jason Cheung, Anne Woods…
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:11
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  50. All cancer patients, except for a small fraction, seek treatment after becoming aware of the disease. That small fraction do not seek any treatment due to various reasons, and this phenomenon is unknown to us....

    Authors: Hamid Reza Khankeh, Reza Vojdani, Mahboobeh Saber and Mohamadhadi Imanieh
    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2023 22:10
    Content type: Research Published on:
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