The National Tumor Association Foundation (ANT): A 30 year old model of home palliative care
Author(s): Casadio Marina | Biasco Guido | Abernethy Amy | Bonazzi Valeria | Pannuti Raffaella | Pannuti Franco
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Identifying obstacles to participation in a questionnaire survey on widowers' grief
Author(s): Skulason Bragi | Helgason Asgeir
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Testing the feasibility of the Dignity Therapy interview: adaptation for the Danish culture
Author(s): Houmann Lise | Rydahl-Hansen Susan | Chochinov Harvey | Kristjanson Linda | Groenvold Mogens
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Morphinofobia: the situation among the general population and health care professionals in North-Eastern Portugal
Author(s): Verloo Henk | Mpinga Emmanuel | Ferreira Maria | Rapin Charles-Henri | Chastonay Philippe
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




A systematic review of psychosocial interventions for family carers of palliative care patients
Author(s): Hudson Peter | Remedios Cheryl | Thomas Kristina
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Facilitating needs based cancer care for people with a chronic disease: Evaluation of an intervention using a multi-centre interrupted time series design
Author(s): Waller Amy | Girgis Afaf | Johnson Claire | Mitchell Geoff | Yates Patsy | Kristjanson Linda | Tattersall Martin | Lecathelinais Christophe | Sibbritt David | Kelly Brian | Gorton Emma | Currow David
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Collaboration between physicians and a hospital-based palliative care team in a general acute-care hospital in Japan
Author(s): Tamiya Nanako | Okuno Mikako | Kashiwakgi Masayo | Nishikitani Mariko | Aruga Etsuko
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Effectiveness of a hand-held fan for breathlessness: a randomised phase II trial
Author(s): Bausewein Claudia | Booth Sara | Gysels Marjolein | Kühnbach Robert | Higginson Irene
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




The use of opioids at the end of life: the knowledge level of Dutch physicians as a potential barrier to effective pain management
Author(s): Rurup Mette | Rhodius Christiaan | Borgsteede Sander | Boddaert Manon | Keijser Astrid | Pasman H Roeline | Onwuteaka-Philipsen Bregje
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




End-of-life care in Germany: Study design, methods and first results of the EPACS study (Establishment of Hospice and Palliative Care Services in Germany)
Author(s): Escobar Pinzón Luis Carlos | Münster Eva | Fischbeck Sabine | Unrath Michael | Claus Matthias | Martini Tanja | Weber Martin
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




The transition experience of rural older persons with advanced cancer and their families: a grounded theory study
Author(s): Duggleby Wendy | Penz Kelly | Goodridge Donna | Wilson Donna | Leipert Beverly | Berry Patricia | Keall Sylvia | Justice Christopher
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Dose patterns in commercially insured subjects chronically exposed to opioids: a large cohort study in the United States
Author(s): Cepeda Maria | Etropolski Mila | Weinstein Rachel | Fife Daniel | Boston Raymond | Matcho Amy
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Living with hope: developing a psychosocial supportive program for rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer
Author(s): Duggleby Wendy | Williams Allison
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Destined to die in hospital? Systematic review and meta-analysis of place of death in haematological malignancy
Author(s): Howell Debra | Roman Eve | Cox Helen | Smith Alexandra | Patmore Russell | Garry Anne | Howard Martin
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Implementing advance care planning: a qualitative study of community nurses' views and experiences
Author(s): Seymour Jane | Almack Kathryn | Kennedy Sheila
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




What "best practice" could be in Palliative Care: an analysis of statements on practice and ethics expressed by the main Health Organizations
Author(s): Barazzetti Gaia | Borreani Claudia | Miccinesi Guido | Toscani Franco
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Paediatric palliative home care by general paediatricians: a multimethod study on perceived barriers and incentives
Author(s): Jünger Saskia | Vedder Andrea | Milde Sigurd | Fischbach Thomas | Zernikow Boris | Radbruch Lukas
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




A proposed systems approach to the evaluation of integrated palliative care
Author(s): Bainbridge Daryl | Brazil Kevin | Krueger Paul | Ploeg Jenny | Taniguchi Alan
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Barriers and needs in paediatric palliative home care in Germany: a qualitative interview study with professional experts
Author(s): Jünger Saskia | Pastrana Tania | Pestinger Martina | Kern Martina | Zernikow Boris | Radbruch Lukas
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




End-of-life care in a COPD patient awaiting lung transplantation: a case report
Author(s): Janssen Daisy | Spruit Martijn | Does Joan | Schols Jos | Wouters Emiel
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Palliative care for older people – exploring the views of doctors and nurses from different fields in Germany
Author(s): Brueckner Torben | Schumacher Martin | Schneider Nils
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Palliative care for HIV in the era of antiretroviral therapy availability: perspectives of nurses in Lesotho
Author(s): Kell Megan | Walley John
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




"Good idea but not feasible" – the views of decision makers and stakeholders towards strategies for better palliative care in Germany: a representative survey
Author(s): Lueckmann Sara | Behmann Mareike | Bisson Susanne | Schneider Nils
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Balloon kyphoplasty in malignant spinal fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s): Bouza Carmen | López-Cuadrado Teresa | Cediel Patricia | Saz-Parkinson Zuleika | Amate José
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital
Author(s): Centeno Carlos | Portela María | Noguera Antonio | Idoate Antonio | Rubiales Álvaro
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Dying from cancer or other chronic diseases in the Netherlands: ten-year trends derived from death certificate data
Author(s): van der Velden Lud | Francke Anneke | Hingstman Lammert | Willems Dick
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




An open-label, 1-year extension study of the long-term safety and efficacy of once-daily OROS® hydromorphone in patients with chronic cancer pain
Author(s): Hanna Magdi | Tuca Alberto | Thipphawong John
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Associations between successful palliative cancer pathways and community nurse involvement
Author(s): Neergaard Mette | Vedsted Peter | Olesen Frede | Sokolowski Ineta | Jensen Anders | Sondergaard Jens
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




The feasibility of a single-blinded fast-track pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention for breathlessness in advanced disease
Author(s): Farquhar Morag | Higginson Irene | Fagan Petrea | Booth Sara
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Measuring the diffusion of palliative care in long-term care facilities – a death census
Author(s): Paroz Sophie | Santos-Eggimann Brigitte
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments
Author(s): D'Haene Ina | Vander Stichele Robert | Pasman H Roeline | Noortgate Nele | Bilsen Johan | Mortier Freddy | Deliens Luc
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Barriers to home care for terminally ill Turkish and Moroccan migrants, perceived by GPs and nurses: a survey
Author(s): de Graaff Fuusje | Francke Anneke
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V
Author(s): Ruijs Kees | Onwuteaka-Philipsen Bregje | van der Wal Gerrit | Kerkhof Ad
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Provision of palliative care for chronic heart failure inpatients: how much do we need?
Author(s): Harding Richard | Beynon Teresa | Hodson Fiona | Coady Elaine | Kinirons Mark | Selman Lucy | Higginson Irene
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Out-of-hours palliative care provided by GP co-operatives: availability, content and effect of transferred information
Author(s): Schweitzer Bart | Blankenstein Nettie | Deliens Luc | Horst Henriette
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity Therapy for people with advanced cancer referred to a hospital-based palliative care team: Study protocol
Author(s): Hall Sue | Edmonds Polly | Harding Richard | Chochinov Harvey | Higginson Irene
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Visioning for secondary palliative care service hubs in rural communities: a qualitative case study from British Columbia's interior
Author(s): Crooks Valorie | Castleden Heather | Schuurman Nadine | Hanlon Neil
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




GPs' views on transfer of information about terminally ill patients to the out-of-hours co-operative
Author(s): Schweitzer Bart | Blankenstein Nettie | Willekens Maartje | Terpstra Elmi | Giesen Paul | Deliens Luc
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




GP and nurses' perceptions of how after hours care for people receiving palliative care at home could be improved: a mixed methods study
Author(s): Tan Heather | O'Connor Margaret | Miles Gail | Klein Britt | Schattner Peter
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Self-perceived symptoms and care needs of patients with severe to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure or chronic renal failure and its consequences for their closest relatives: the research protocol
Author(s): Janssen Daisy | Wouters Emiel | Schols Jos | Spruit Martijn
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




A comparative analysis of computer based hospice palliative care datasets in Canada
Author(s): Kuziemsky Craig | Lau Francis
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Emergency calls and need for emergency care in patients looked after by a palliative care team: Retrospective interview study with bereaved relatives
Author(s): Wiese Christoph | Vossen-Wellmann Andrea | Morgenthal Hannah | Popov Aron | Graf Bernhard | Hanekop Gerd
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey
Author(s): Currow David | Allen Katrina | Plummer John | Aoun Samar | Hegarty Meg | Abernethy Amy
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Caregivers' active role in palliative home care – to encourage or to dissuade? A qualitative descriptive study
Author(s): Weibull Anna | Olesen Frede | Neergaard Mette
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Randomised controlled trial of a new palliative care service: Compliance, recruitment and completeness of follow-up
Author(s): Higginson Irene | Hart Sam | Burman Rachel | Silber Eli | Saleem Tariq | Edmonds Polly
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Prevalence of distressing symptoms in hospitalised patients on medical wards: A cross-sectional study
Author(s): Sigurdardottir Katrin | Haugen Dagny
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study
Author(s): Neergaard Mette | Olesen Frede | Jensen Anders | Sondergaard Jens
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Information from physicians and retention of information by patients – Obstacles to the awareness of patients of progressing disease when life is near the end
Author(s): Hoff Lena | Hermerén Göran
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




Use of a Cybex NORM dynamometer to assess muscle function in patients with thoracic cancer
Author(s): Wilcock Andrew | Maddocks Matthew | Lewis Mary | Howard Paul | Frisby Jacky | Bell Sarah | El Khoury Bisharat | Manderson Cathann | Evans Helen | Mockett Simon
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008




An evaluation of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit from a family caregiver's perspective at end of life
Author(s): Crooks Valorie | Williams Allison
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2008



