Experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals implementing advance care planning for people suffering from life-limiting illness: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - May 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nanxi Zhu, Liu Yang, Xianlin Wang, Jinmei Tuo, Liuliu Chen, Renli Deng and Rick Yiu Cho Kwan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Uncertainty and probability in neonatal end-of-life decision-making: analysing real-time conversations between healthcare professionals and families of critically ill newborns
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - May 3, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Regula Limacher, Jean-Claude Fauch ère, Deborah Gubler and Manya Jerina Hendriks Tags: Research Source Type: research
Palliative care in advanced Huntington ’s disease: a scoping review
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. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - May 3, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Dorine J. Boersema-Wijma, Erik van Duijn, Anne-Wil Heemskerk, Jenny T. van der Steen and Wilco P. Achterberg Tags: Research Source Type: research
Palliative care and new technologies. The use of smart sensor technologies and its impact on the Total Care principle
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 ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tabea Ott, Maria Heckel, Natalie Öhl, Tobias Steigleder, Nils C. Albrecht, Christoph Ostgathe and Peter Dabrock Tags: Review Source Type: research
Accuracy of clinical predictions of prognosis at the end-of-life: evidence from routinely collected data in urgent care records
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: M. Orlovic, J. Droney, V. Vickerstaff, J. Rosling, A. Bearne, M. Powell, J. Riley, P. McFarlane, J. Koffman and P. Stone Tags: Research Source Type: research
Giving and receiving thanks: a mixed methods pilot study of a gratitude intervention for palliative patients and their carers
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Mathieu Bernard, Emmanuelle Poncin, Emilie Bovet, Emmanuel Tamches, Boris Cantin, Josiane Pralong and Gian Domenico Borasio Tags: Research Source Type: research
Attitudes and influencing factors of nursing assistants towards hospice and palliative care nursing in chinese nursing homes: a cross-sectional study
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 25, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Zhuojun Ye, Limei Jing, Haoyu Zhang, Yongfa Qin, Hangqi Chen, Jiying Yang, Ruize Zhu, Jingrong Wang, Huiwen Zhang, Yifan Xu and Tianshu Chu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Death education for Palliative care: a european project for University students
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 21, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ines Testoni, Lucia Ronconi, Hod Orkibi, Gianmarco Biancalani, Melania Raccichini, Luca Franchini, Shoshi Keisari, Mihaela Bucuta, Krzysztof Cieplinski, Michael Wieser and Silvia Varani Tags: Research Source Type: research
Factors associated with suffering from dying in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analytical study among bereaved caregivers
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 21, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ang élica Arango-Gutiérrez, Socorro Moreno, Martín Rondón, Lucía I Arroyo, Liliana Ardila, Fabián Alexander Leal Arenas, José A Calvache and Esther de Vries Tags: Research Source Type: research
Palliative care stay room – designing, testing and evaluating a gamified social intervention to enhance palliative care awareness
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. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 20, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Carla Reigada, Anna Sandgren, Sonia Rivas, Ana Carvajal, Santiago Hermida-Romero, Edgar Ben ítez, Guillem Ripoll, Inés Olza, Carlos Centeno and Beatriz Gómez Tags: Research Source Type: research
Death place and palliative outcome indicators in patients under palliative home care service: an observational study
This study aimed to examine the relevant factors affecting whether an individual dies at home or not in a group of ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 19, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pei-Jung Chang, Cheng-Fu Lin, Ya-Huei Juang, Jui-Yu Chiu, Lung-Chun Lee, Shih-Yi Lin and Yu-Hui Huang Tags: Research Source Type: research
A pilot study on sports activities in pediatric palliative care: just do it
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,... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 19, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Irene Avagnina, Anna Santini, Irene Maghini, Eleonora Salamon, Simonetta Papa, Luca Giacomelli, Giorgio Perilongo, Caterina Agosto and Franca Benini Tags: Research Source Type: research
How does ethnicity affect presence of advance care planning in care records for individuals with advanced disease? A mixed-methods systematic review
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 17, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jodie Crooks, Sophie Trotter and Gemma Clarke Tags: Research Source Type: research
Methadone rotation versus other opioid rotation for refractory cancer induced bone pain: protocol of an exploratory randomised controlled open-label study
This study will evaluate the ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 15, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Natasha Michael, Merlina Sulistio, Robert Wojnar and Alexandra Gorelik Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
Physician-patient boundaries in palliative care
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... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 13, 2023 Category: Palliative Care 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 Tags: Research Source Type: research
