Category Archives: RESEARCH

Is palliative care biased?

Posted on May 17, 2019 by

ONLY SEVEN DAYS TO #EAPC2019 … AHEAD OF THE 16THWORLD CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE (EAPC) TO BE HELD IN BERLIN, GERMANY, 23 TO 25 MAY 2019, WE BRING YOU ANOTHER SPECIAL POST TO WELCOME YOU TO … Continue reading →

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Do psychosocial interventions work in palliative care?

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

THIS MONTH’S EDITOR’S CHOICE FROM PALLIATIVE MEDICINE … Marco Warth, Jens Kessler, Friederike Koehler, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Hubert J. Bardenheuer and Beate Ditzen from Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, explain the background to their longer article selected as Editor’s Choice in … Continue reading →

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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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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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Using a holistic approach to reduce distress due to breathlessness in people with advanced disease

Posted on December 12, 2018 by

Researchers, clinicians, and service user representatives at Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, have been gathering evidence on services for people with chronic breathlessness and advanced disease. Their findings are now published in Thorax and available in open access. Dr … Continue reading →

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