| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveStudy Protocol Efficacy of a training intervention on the quality of practitioners' decision support for patients deciding about place of care at the end of life: A randomized control trial: Study protocol Mary Ann Murray, Annette O'Connor, Dawn Stacey, and Keith G Wilson PMCID: PMC2396601 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 Daisy JA Janssen, Emiel FM Wouters, Jos MGA Schols, and Martijn A Spruit PMCID: PMC2391145 Palliative care in advanced dementia; A mixed methods approach for the development of a complex intervention Elizabeth L Sampson, Ingela Thuné-Boyle, Riitta Kukkastenvehmas, Louise Jones, Adrian Tookman, Michael King, and Martin R Blanchard PMCID: PMC2475530 An evaluation of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit from a family caregiver's perspective at end of life Valorie A Crooks and Allison Williams PMCID: PMC2533295 Research Articles Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Frede Olesen, Anders Bonde Jensen, and Jens Sondergaard PMCID: PMC2254378 Information from physicians and retention of information by patients – Obstacles to the awareness of patients of progressing disease when life is near the end Lena Hoff and Göran Hermerén PMCID: PMC2292688 Use of a Cybex NORM dynamometer to assess muscle function in patients with thoracic cancer Andrew Wilcock, Matthew Maddocks, Mary Lewis, Paul Howard, Jacky Frisby, Sarah Bell, Bisharat El Khoury, Cathann Manderson, Helen Evans, and Simon Mockett PMCID: PMC2324074 A comparative analysis of computer based hospice palliative care datasets in Canada Craig E Kuziemsky and Francis Lau PMCID: PMC2396153 Randomised controlled trial of a new palliative care service: Compliance, recruitment and completeness of follow-up Irene J Higginson, Sam Hart, Rachel Burman, Eli Silber, Tariq Saleem, and Polly Edmonds PMCID: PMC2442830 A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service Beverley Lucas, Neil Small, Peter Greasley, and Andrew Daley PMCID: PMC2533294 A reliability and validity study of the Palliative Performance Scale Francis Ho, Francis Lau, Michael G Downing, and Mary Lesperance PMCID: PMC2527603 Emergency calls and need for emergency care in patients looked after by a palliative care team: Retrospective interview study with bereaved relatives Christoph HR Wiese, Andrea Vossen-Wellmann, Hannah C Morgenthal, Aron F Popov, Bernhard M Graf, and Gerd G Hanekop PMCID: PMC2518537 Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines Peter Hudson, Karen Quinn, Brendan O'Hanlon, and Sanchia Aranda PMCID: PMC2542352 How useful are systematic reviews for informing palliative care practice? Survey of 25 Cochrane systematic reviews Bee Wee, Gina Hadley, and Sheena Derry PMCID: PMC2532992 Caregivers' active role in palliative home care – to encourage or to dissuade? A qualitative descriptive study Anna Weibull, Frede Olesen, and Mette Asbjoern Neergaard PMCID: PMC2553051 Prevalence of distressing symptoms in hospitalised patients on medical wards: A cross-sectional study Katrin Ruth Sigurdardottir and Dagny Faksvåg Haugen PMCID: PMC2561004 General practitioners' use and experiences of palliative care services: a survey in south east England Sabrina Bajwah and Irene J Higginson PMCID: PMC2588553 |
