Unlocking timely palliative care: assessing referral practices and barriers at a ghanaian teaching hospital
The need for primary care physicians to be heavily involved in the provision of palliative care is growing. International agencies and practice standards advocate for early palliative care and the use of speci... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 5, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tabitha Gyanewaa Quaidoo, Barbara Adu, Merri Iddrisu, Frema Osei-Tutu, Candace Baaba, Yekua Quiadoo and Collins Atta Poku Tags: Research Source Type: research
“It is very hard to just accept this” – a qualitative study of palliative care teams’ ethical reasoning when patients do not want information
The aim of this study was to explore how palliative care staff reason about the autonomy challenge that arises when a patient who has first said he wants full information appears to change his mind and rejects... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 5, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Joar Bj örk Tags: Research Source Type: research
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of point-of-care outcome assessment tools in Chinese palliative care clinical practice
A standardized national approach to routinely assessing palliative care patients helps improve patient outcomes. However, a quality improvement program-based on person centered outcomes within palliative care ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 3, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Yunyun Dai, Claire E Johnson, Jinfeng Ding, Yongyi Chen, Alanna Connolly, Lianjun Wang and Barbara A Daveson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Facilitators and barriers of implementing end-of-life care volunteering in a hospital in five European countries: the iLIVE study
End-of-life (EoL) care volunteers in hospitals are a novel approach to support patients and their close ones. The iLIVE Volunteer Study supported hospital volunteer coordinators from five European countries to... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 2, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Berivan Yildiz, Agnes van der Heide, Misa Bakan, Grethe Skorpen Iversen, Dagny Faksv åg Haugen, Tamsin McGlinchey, Ruthmarijke Smeding, John Ellershaw, Claudia Fischer, Judit Simon, Eva Vibora-Martin, Inmaculada Ruiz-Torreras and Anne Goossensen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Identifying cancer patients who received palliative care using the SPICT-LIS in medical records: a rule-based algorithm and text-mining technique
Due to limited numbers of palliative care specialists and/or resources, accessing palliative care remains limited in many low and middle-income countries. Data science methods, such as rule-based algorithms an... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pawita Limsomwong, Thammasin Ingviya and Orapan Fumaneeshoat Tags: Research Source Type: research
The employment of art therapy to develop empathy and foster wellbeing for junior doctors in a palliative medicine rotation - a qualitative exploratory study on acceptability
The interdisciplinary realm of medical humanities explores narratives and experiences that can enhance medical education for physicians through perspective-taking and reflective practice. However, there is a g... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Eng-Koon Ong, U-Tong Emily Tan, Min Chiam and Wen Shan Sim Tags: Research Source Type: research
Views of admitted palliative care patients and their clinicians on corneal donation discussions: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews
There is a severe shortage of corneas for donation, globally, for transplantation and research purposes. One group of individuals who could potentially be donors are those who die within the inpatient palliati... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Chirag Patel, Mitchell Nicmanis, Anna Chur-Hansen and Gregory B. Crawford Tags: Research Source Type: research
Providing holistic end-of-life care for people with a history of problem substance use: a mixed methods cohort study of interdisciplinary service provision and integrated care
Harmful use of illicit drugs and/or alcohol is linked to life-limiting illness and complex health and social care needs, but people who use substances and have complex needs do not receive timely palliative ca... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lucy Webb, Gemma Yarwood, Gary Witham, Sam Wright and Sarah Galvani Tags: Research Source Type: research
What helps or hinders effective end-of-life care in adult intensive care units in Middle Eastern countries? A systematic review
As many patients are spending their last days in critical care units, it is essential that they receive appropriate end-of -life care. However, cultural differences, ethical dilemmas and preference practices c... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nabat Almalki, Breidge Boyle and Peter O ’Halloran Tags: Research Source Type: research
Adding spontaneity to organizations – what hospice volunteers contribute to everyday life in German inpatient hospice and palliative care units: a qualitative study
Volunteers have always been integral to hospice and palliative care. However, their roles have been left relatively undefined and broad. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Armin Nassehi, Irmhild Saake, Christof Breitsameter, Anna Bauer, Niklas Barth and Isabell Reis Tags: Research Source Type: research
Core components of end-of-life care in nursing education programs: a scoping review
So far, there have been many studies on end-of-life nursing care education around the world, and in many cases, according to the cultural, social, and spiritual contexts of each country, the results have been ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Zahra Taheri-Ezbarami, Fateme Jafaraghaee, Ali Karimian Sighlani and Seyed Kazem Mousavi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Symptoms and quality of life among men starting treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer – a prospective multicenter study
Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have an incurable disease. Along with prolonging life, symptom management is one of the main goals with treatment. This is also important from a... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 27, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ulrika R önningås, Maja Holm, Per Fransson, Lars Beckman and Agneta Wennman-Larsen Tags: Research Source Type: research
The roles of French community pharmacists in palliative home care
The World Health Organization identifies pharmacists as a key resource in palliative care. However, the roles of these professionals in end-of-life care at home remain poorly understood, and community pharmaci... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 23, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Isabelle Cuchet, Michael Dambrun, Sabrina Bedhomme, Chantal Savanovitch, H élène Vaillant Roussel and Axelle Maneval Tags: Research Source Type: research
Measuring patients ’ medical treatment preferences in advance care planning: development and validation of the Treat-Me-ACP instrument – a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Advance Care Planning interventions should be evaluated as broadly as possible to gain a holistic understanding of the Advance Care Planning process. However, validated early stage outcome instruments are lack... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 21, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Julia Jaschke, Rieke Schnakenberg, Katharina Silies, Almuth Berg, Änne Kirchner, Falk Hoffmann, Gabriele Meyer, Sascha Köpke and Juliane Köberlein-Neu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Noninvasive monitoring technologies to identify discomfort and distressing symptoms in persons with limited communication at the end of life: a scoping review
Discomfort and distressing symptoms are common at the end of life, while people in this stage are often no longer able to express themselves. Technologies may aid clinicians in detecting and treating these sym... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 21, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jingyuan Xu, Hanneke J. A. Smaling, Jan W. Schoones, Wilco P. Achterberg and Jenny T. van der Steen Tags: Research Source Type: research
