Category Archives: EAPC-LINKED JOURNALS

Palliative care clinicians in London use sedative medication at the end of life cautiously and proportionately

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

Dr Bella Vivat is Principal Research Fellow in the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department (MCPCRD) at University College London (UCL), UK. Here she explains the background to a longer paper just published in ‘Palliative Medicine’ and available online. Marie Curie … Continue reading →

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AI Algorithms identify documentation of serious illness conversations in electronic health records

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

THIS MONTH’S EDITOR’S CHOICE FROM PALLIATIVE MEDICINE … Charlotta Lindvall, Alex Chan and Anne Walling explain the background to their longer article selected as Editor’s Choice in the February issue of Palliative Medicine. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) contain enormous amounts of data … Continue reading →

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Research ethics in palliative care: A hallmark in Palliative Medicine now curated in a new virtual issue

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

Do you have ethical concerns or issues related to your research that you would like to share and discuss with readers of ‘Palliative Medicine’? Sandra Martins Pereira and Pablo Hernández-Marrero introduce the latest virtual issue of the journal and welcome future submissions. … Continue reading →

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How to find and promote brilliant palliative care

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

THIS MONTH’S EDITOR’S CHOICE FROM PALLIATIVE MEDICINE … Dr Aileen Collier PhD, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, and Associate Professor Ann Dadich, Human Resources and Management, Western Sydney University School of … Continue reading →

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The strengths of Sentinel GP practices in the era of Big Data: Measuring quality indicators for primary palliative care delivered to people with cancer and organ failure

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

EDITOR’S CHOICE POST . . . Lieve Van den Block, MSc, PhD, Professor of Aging and Palliative Care Research, VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Department of Clinical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, … Continue reading →

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Paediatric Palliative Care Research Comes of Age: Call for papers for special issue of Paediatric Palliative Care

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Guest Editors of the special issue of Paediatric Palliative Care, Professor Joanne Wolfe and Professor Myra Bluebond-Langner, invite contributions to this special issue of Palliative Medicine. Palliative Medicine’s call for papers for a special issue in Paediatric Palliative Care is a unique opportunity … Continue reading →

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Encouraging clinically and research relevant case reports and clinical reviews: Launching Palliative Medicine’s new author instructions and types of submission

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Sandra Martins Pereira and Sarah Yardley, Screening Editors, and Catherine Walshe, Editor-in-Chief, of Palliative Medicine, unveil the new author instructions and explain how to make your submissions focused and relevant. Do case reports in palliative care still matter? The short, unanimous answer during … Continue reading →

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