Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Palliative care strategies offer guidance to clinicians and comfort for COVID-19 patient and families

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View summary or full report here Heart & Lung, 2020, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 227-228 Feder; Akgün; Kathleen M.; Schulman-Green, Dena...

Constructing stability - a classic grounded theory of next-of-kin in palliative cancer care

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View summary or full report here BMC Palliative Care, 2020, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-9 Werkander, Harstade; Sandgren, Anna Being next-...
Tuesday, 19 May 2020

End-of-life decisions and care in the midst of a global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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View summary or full report here Intensive & Critical Care Nursing , 2020, vol. 58 Pattison, Natalie This article examin...

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Psychosocial and Family Support

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View Summary or full report here Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2020, vol. 23, no. 2, pp.280-286 Farabelli, Jill P.; Kimberly, Sharo...
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Memento Mori: Can art assist student nurses to explore death and dying? A qualitative study.

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View summary or full report here Nurse Education Today, 2020, vol. 89 Nicol, Jane; Pocock, Mary This report looks at how an art-...

A Palliative Care Program for Volunteers in a Community Setting: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

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American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2020, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 455-464 Lee, Jiwon; Lee, Jong-Eun The objective of co...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020

A feasibility and acceptability study of an adaptation of the Mindful Self-Compassion program for adult cancer patients

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View summary or full report here Palliative & Supportive Care,2020, vol. 18, no 2, pp. 130-140 Brooker, Joanne; Julian, John; Mill...

Impact of informal cancer caregiving across the cancer experience: A systematic literature review of quality of life

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View summary or full report here Palliative & Supportive Care, 2020, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 220-240 Ochoq, Carol; Buchnam Lunsford, N;...
Friday, 25 October 2019

Distress and self-care among chaplains working in palliative care

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Palliative & Supportive Care, 2019 17(5)  p.542 White, Kelsey B; Murphy, Patricia E; Jeuland, Jane; Fitchett, George Although limited...

In what ways might group clinical supervision affect the development of resilience in hospice nurses?

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International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2019 25(8) p.387-396 Francis, Amy; Bulman, Chris There is limited evidence which focuses o...

The holistic management of fatigue within palliative care

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International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2019 25(8) p.368-376 Dean, Antonia While some international guidelines for the management of ...

Lymphoedema in end-of-life care.

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International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2019 25(8) p.407-409 Todd, Marie The author discusses some of the important issues to consid...
Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Which outcome domains are important in palliative care and when? An international expert consensus workshop, using the nominal group technique

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Palliative Medicine, 2019 33(8) p.1058-1068 de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Dawkins, Marsha; Wicks; et al When capturing patient-level outcom...

Volunteers in a biography project with palliative care patients – a feasibility study

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BMC Palliative Care, 2019 18(79)  Michaela Hesse, Simon Forstmeier, Henning Cuhls & Lukas Radbruch This study evaluated the feas...

Music in palliative care: a qualitative study with patients suffering from cancer

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BMC Palliative Care, 2019 18(78) Sandrine Pommeret, Jan Chrusciel, Catherine Verlaine, et al This study aimed to examine how cancer pat...

Plissit interventions and sexual functioning: useful tools for social work in palliative care?

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Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, September 2019 p.1-18 Bennett, Michael R The PLISSIT model is a framework...

Evaluating the effects of the pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions to manage delirium symptoms in palliative care patients: systematic review

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Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, September 2019 Skelton, Luke; Guo, Ping This review aims to evaluate the effects of ...

Prelude to death or practice failure? Trombley-Brennan terminal tissue injury update

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American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2019 36(11) p.1016-1019 Brennan, Mary R.; Thomas, Lily; Kline, Myriam In 2012, ...

Lymphoedema in advanced cancer: does subcutaneous needle drainage improve quality of life?

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BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, August 2019 Landers, Amanda; Holyoake, Julia Lower limb lymphoedema in the palliative care popula...

Fan therapy for the treatment of dyspnea in adults: a systematic review

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J ournal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2019 58(3) p.481-486 Qian, Yu; Wu, Yuan; Rozman de Moraes, Aline Limited direct evidence from ...

Prescribing in chronic severe hepatic impairment

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2019 58(3) p.515-537 Wilcock, Andrew; Charlesworth, Sarah; Prentice, Wendy, et al A Therapeutic...

Digital health technology in palliative care: friend or foe?

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Progress in Palliative Care, 2019 27(4) p.145-146 Mills, Jason In this editorial, Jason Mills considers whether, when it comes to hea...

Submitting to God's will: attitudes and beliefs of Moroccan Muslim women regarding mourning and remembrance

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Death Studies, 2019 43(8) p.478-488 Ahaddour, Chaïma; Van den Branden, Stef; Broeckaert, Bert This study aimed to elicit the attitudes ...

MASCC recommendations on the management of constipation in patients with advanced cancer

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Supportive Care in Cancer: Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2019 August 9 Andrew Davies, Char...

Palliative care for people living with heart failure - European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement.

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Cardiovascular Research, August 2019 Sobanski PZ; Alt-Epping B; Currow DC; et al The authors conclude that the inclusion of Palliative ...

Deep brain stimulation at end of life: clinical and ethical considerations

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Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2019 August 12 Lauren R Sankary, Paul J Ford, Andre G Machado, et al Questions arise at the end of lif...

Quality improvement in hospice settings: perceptions of leaders

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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2019 32(7) p.1098-1112 Jitendra Singh, Brandi Sillerud, Marah Omar The purpose...

Challenges and support needs of parents and children when a parent is at end of life: A systematic review

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Palliative Medicine, 2019 33(8) p.1017-1044 Jeffrey R Hanna, Eilís McCaughan, Cherith J Semple This review synthesised evidence on the ...

Meaning of work and personal protective factors among palliative care professionals

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Palliative & Supportive Care 2019, 17 (4): 381-387 Beatriz Moreno-Milan, Antonio Cano-Vindel, Pedro Lopez-Dóriga, et al The objecti...

Hydration and symptoms in the last days of life

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BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 2019 August 31 (online first) Martine E Lokker, Agnes van der Heide, Wendy H Oldenmenger, et al Con...

Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about telepalliative care

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Journal of Palliative Medicine 2019 22(8) p.981-985 Calton, Brook Anne; Rabow, Michael W.; Branagan, Linda, et al The latest in the ...

Spiritual care at the end of life: does educational intervention focused on a broad definition of spirituality increase utilization of chaplain spiritual support in hospice?

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Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2019 22(8) p.939-944 Soroka, Jacek T.; Collins, Lori A., et al Despite the benefits of spiritual care,...
Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Twelve-step programs and spiritual support at the end of life

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American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2019 36(9) p.807-811 Groninger, Hunter; Knapik, Michael In current literature, ...

Reflection for all healthcare staff: a national evaluation of Schwartz Rounds

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Journal of Interprofessional Care,  2019 Aug 7:1-3 Flanagan E, Chadwick R, Goodrich J, Ford C, Wickens R Schwartz Rounds provide an opp...
Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Exploring palliative care nursing of patients with pre-existing serious persistent mental illness

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Progress in Palliative Care, 2019 27(3) p.117-121 Brown, Russell; Chambers, Shirley; Rosenberg, John This paper explores the key conce...

Meeting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in palliative care settings

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Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 2019 21(4) p.286-290 Higgins, Agnes; Hynes, Geralyn The end-of-life needs of people who id...

Kennedy terminal ulcers: a scoping review

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Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 2019 21(4) p.257-263 Latimer, Sharon; Shaw, Joanie; Hunt, Tracey; Mackrell, Kristyn; Gillespie...

The use of digital legacies with people affected by motor neurone disease for continuing bonds: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study

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Palliative Medicine, 2019 33(7) p.812-822 Clabburn, Oliver; Knighting, Katherine; Jack, Barbara A; O'Brien, Mary R The aims of th...

'It all depends!': a qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers

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Palliative Medicine, 2019 33(7) p.802-811 Gerber, Katrin; Hayes, Barbara; Bryant, Christina It is often suggested that terminally ill ...

Pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care: a systematic review

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Palliative Medicine, 2019 33(7) p.770-782 Ferris, Amy; Price, Annie; Harding, Keith This systematic review aims to quantify the prevale...