Innovative communication approaches for initializing pediatric palliative care: perspectives of family caregivers and treating specialists
Effective cooperation between a pediatric palliative care team (PPCT), primary treating specialists, patients and families is crucial for high quality care of children with complex life-limiting conditions. Se... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lucie Hrdlickova, Kristyna Polakova and Martin Loucka Tags: Research Source Type: research
Specialist palliative care until the very end of life - reports of family caregivers and the multiprofessional team
Specialist palliative care (SPC) includes care for incurably ill patients and their family caregivers at home or on a palliative care ward until the very end of life. However, in the last days of life, patient... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anneke Ullrich, Sven Goldbach, Wiebke Hollburg, Bettina Wagener, Annette Rommel, Marten M üller, Denise Kirsch, Katrin Kopplin-Foertsch, Holger Schulz, Carsten Bokemeyer and Karin Oechsle Tags: Research Source Type: research
Patient-reported outcome measures in children, adolescents, and young adults with palliative care needs —a scoping review
Measuring outcomes facilitates evaluation of palliative services for children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYAs) with life-limiting and/or life-threatening (LL/LT) conditions. Implementation of patient-rep... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Heidi Holmen, Anette Winger, Simen A. Steindal, Kirsti Riiser, Charlotte Castor, Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme, Kari L. Mariussen and Anja Lee Tags: Research Source Type: research
Barriers and facilitators to palliative care for patients with non-curable cancer in Colombia: perspectives of allied health and social care professionals
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people with life-limiting illness and their families by addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering. Allied Health and Social Care ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Cindy V. Mendieta, Esther de Vries, Maria Elizabeth Gomez-Neva, Angela Maria Mu ñoz-Escudero, Jose Andrés Calvache and Tracey McConnell Tags: Research Source Type: research
Swallowing disorders and mortality in adults with advanced cancer outside the head and neck and upper gastrointestinal tract: a systematic review
Although oncological palliative care is increasingly being offered by multidisciplinary teams, there is still a lack of data about some symptoms handled by these teams, such as dysphagia, in patients with adva... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Danielle Nunes Moura Silva, La élia Cristina Caseiro Vicente, Vanessa Laís Pontes Glória and Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche Tags: Research Source Type: research
A survey of palliative care domains and the palliative care provision confidence of Thai family practitioners
Despite continuously growing, palliative care in Thailand still needs further development. Many family physicians provide various levels of palliative care. However, there is no information regarding what aspe... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 5, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Itthipon Wongprom and Arthit Chaithanasarn Tags: Research Source Type: research
Palliative care in Malawi: a scoping review
Universal access to palliative care remains a distant goal in many low resource settings, despite the growing evidence of its benefits. The unmet need for palliative care is evident in Africa, but great stride... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Natalie Palumbo, Alyssa Tilly, Eve Namisango, Christian Ntizimira, Lameck Thambo, Maria Chikasema and Gary Rodin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Physicians ’ attitudes and experiences about withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in pediatrics: a systematic review of quantitative evidence
One of the most important and ethically challenging decisions made for children with life-limiting conditions is withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (LST). As important (co-)decision-makers in t... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 29, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Yajing Zhong, Alice Cavolo, Veerle Labarque and Chris Gastmans Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementing palliative care education into primary care practice: a qualitative case study of the CAPACITI pilot program
CAPACITI is a virtual education program that teaches primary care teams how to provide an early palliative approach to care. After piloting its implementation, we conducted an in-depth qualitative study with C... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 28, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Midori Matthew, Daryl Bainbridge, Valerie Bishop, Christina Sinding, Samantha Winemaker, Frances Kilbertus, Katherine Kortes-Miller and Hsien Seow Tags: Research Source Type: research
National survey on the availability of oncology palliative care services at tertiary general and cancer hospitals in China
This nationwide survey studied the level of palliative care (PC) access for Chinese patients with cancer among cancer care providers either in tertiary general hospitals or cancer hospitals in China. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 28, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Xiaomei Li, Xin Shelley Wang, Haili Huang, Miao Liu, Yinan Wu, Jiaojiao Qiu, Boran Zhang, Linhong Cui and David Hui Tags: Research Source Type: research
Interventions that may increase control at the end of life in persons with dementia: the cross-cultural CONT-END acceptability study protocol and pilot-testing
Interventions such as advance care planning (ACP), technology, or access to euthanasia may increase the sense of control over the end of life. In people with advanced dementia, the loss of cognitive and physic... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 27, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hanneke J.A. Smaling, Xu Jingyuan, Miharu Nakanishi, Shiri Shinan-Altman, David R. Mehr, Lukas Radbruch, Jan Gaertner, Perla Werner, Wilco P. Achterberg and Jenny T. van der Steen Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
A call to improve paediatric palliative care quality through research
Paediatric palliative care is needed now more than ever. Medical and technological advances mean that children with complex chronic conditions are surviving longer, necessitating longitudinal support from comm... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Laure Dombrecht, Ana Lacerda, Joanne Wolfe and Jennifer Snaman Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Access to palliative care in patients with advanced cancer of the uterine cervix in the low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Women with advanced uterine cervical cancer suffer from a combination of moderate to severe physical, psychological, social, and spiritual distress due to their disease and are in need of palliative care to im... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 20, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Francis Ooko, Tebogo Mothiba, Peter Van Bogaert and Johan Wens Tags: Research Source Type: research
Dissemination and Implementation of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Disparities in Palliative Care (DeCIDE PC): a study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial
There are persistent racial and ethnic health disparities in end-of-life health outcomes in the United States. African American patients are less likely than White patients to access palliative care, enroll in... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 18, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amn Siddiqi, Olivia Monton, Alison Woods, Taleaa Masroor, Shannon Fuller, Jill Owczarzak, Gayane Yenokyan, Lisa A. Cooper, Karen M. Freund, Thomas J. Smith, Jean S. Kutner, Kathryn L. Colborn, Robert Joyner, Ronit Elk and Fabian M. Johnston Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Patient and hospital characteristics associated with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate orders: a cross-sectional study based on the Taiwan stroke registry
Previous studies of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) or do-not-intubate (DNI) orders in stroke patients have primarily been conducted in North America or Europe. However, characteristics associated with DNR/DNI orders... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - September 15, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hsu-Ling Yeh, Fang-I Hsieh, Li-Ming Lien, Wen-Hua Kuo, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Yu Sun, Cheng-Yu Wei, Po-Yen Yeh, Hei-Tung Yip, Cheng-Li Lin, Nicole Huang and Kai-Cheng Hsu Tags: Research Source Type: research
