Evidence adaptation and tailored implementation of family bereavement support in specialised palliative care: A multi-method study by Myrta Kohler, Qëndresa Thaqi, Silke Kuske, Torsten Schwalbach, Marco Riguzzi, Rahel Naef

“…Evidence-based recommendations for bereavement support are often not well implemented in palliative care services due to multiple system barriers and lack of contextual fit. …”
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Receipt of specialized palliative care and health care utilization at the end of life in hematological cancer patients – the Stockholm experience by Lena von Bahr, Peter Strang, Torbjörn Schultz, Per Fürst

“…Therefore, the aim was to study the receipt of specialized palliative care (SPC) and how it affects health care utilization, in relation to sex, age, socioeconomics, and frailty risk (Hospital Frailty Risk Score [HFRS]). …”
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Up against the System: A Case Study of Young Adult Perspectives Transitioning from Pediatric Palliative Care by Karen Cook, Harold Siden, Susan Jack, Lehana Thabane, Gina Browne

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Utilization and quality of primary and specialized palliative homecare in nursing home residents vs. community dwellers: a claims data analysis by Juliane Poeck, Franziska Meissner, Bianka Ditscheid, Markus Krause, Ulrich Wedding, Cordula Gebel, Ursula Marschall, Gabriele Meyer, Werner Schneider, Antje Freytag

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Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-Pall): a qualitative interview study protocol by Sarah Mitchell, Isabel Leach, Nicola Turner, C R Mayland

“…We will purposively sample 10–12 adults with advanced serious illness who have been identified by their primary care team as having palliative care needs, and/or are receiving care from specialist palliative care services. …”
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Top 10 palliative care research priorities in France: a 3-step, mixed-methods protocol (AXEPRO study) by Stéphane Sanchez, Guillaume Economos, Fiona Ecarnot, Cecile Barbaret, Raphaëlle Habert-Dantigny, Héloïse Rouze, Doan Huynh, Roseline Huynh, Caroline Tête, Martin Julier-Costes, Valérie Amouroux-Gorsse, Isabelle Lavault, Justine Bret

“…There is clearly a low level of investment in palliative care research. Following the guidance from the James Lind Alliance and the UK public consultation (‘Palliative and End of Life Care Research Priorities Project’), we developed a 3-step protocol aimed at prioritising 10 unanswered questions in palliative care (PC) research in France, from the viewpoint of patients, volunteers, healthcare professionals and family caregivers.Methods and analysis To identify unanswered questions in PC (stage 1), an unstructured questionnaire will be used. …”
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Telehealth-facilitated palliative care enables more people to die at home: An analysis of clinical outcomes and service activity data by Helen M. Haydon, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Andrew Broadbent, Centaine L. Snoswell, Anthony C Smith, Julie-Ann Brydon, Liam J. Caffery, Emma E. Thomas

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Practice and effectiveness evaluation of integrated teaching of life education and hospice & palliative care for undergraduates in a medical college in Shanghai by JING Limei, WANG Jingrong, WANG Hui

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Mothers Who Accompany a Child to Their Death: Starting Again Without Ever Forgetting by Maria Eduarda Correia, Maria Teresa Magão, Maria Antónia Rebelo Botelho

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Cardiologists' attitudes on communication about prognosis with heart failure patients by Martje H.L. van derWal, Lisa Hjelmfors, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma

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Application of Semistructured Interview Based on Doctor-Patient Perspective in Constructing a Palliative Care Regimen for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Ting Zhou, HaiQin Cai, ChunHui Xu

“…The aim of this study is to explore the application of semistructured interview based on doctor-patient perspective in constructing a palliative care regimen for patients with advanced heart failure. …”
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‘Striving to achieve control’. Registered nurses’ experiences of palliative care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic – a qualitative study by Tuva Sandsdalen, Ann Karin Helgesen, Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl, Carina Bååth, Maria Larsson, Christina Melin Johansson, Cecilia Olsson, Maria Tillfors, Jane Österlind, Reidun Hov, Marie Dahlen Granrud

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Dimensions of suffering and the need for palliative care: experiences and expectations of patients living with cancer and diabetes and their caregivers in Mexico – a qualitative study by Svetlana V Doubova, Ingrid Patricia Martinez-Vega, Felicia Knaul, Afsan Bhadelia, Diana Pérez-Moran, Nancy García-Cervantes

“…Objectives Over 40 million people in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience serious health-related suffering (SHS) annually and require palliative care. Patient and caregiver experiences of SHS in LMICs are understudied despite their importance in guiding palliative care provision. …”
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Moral distress, attitude toward death, and palliative care core competencies among ICU nurses: a cross-sectional study by Mengyun Peng, Qin Guan, Xiaoling Zhu

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Current situation and influencing factors of palliative care practice ability among oncology nurses: A multicenter cross-sectional study by Xiaofei Nie, Fanfan Lv, Longti Li, Jia Jia

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Shared decision-making competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: a cross-sectional study in China by Junchen Guo, Sishan Jiang, Yunyun Dai, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Yongyi Chen

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Propranolol palliation after right ventricular outflow tract stenting reduces the reintervention rate until complete repair of Fallot tetralogy and variants by Tugcin Bora Polat

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Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bruno Fernando da Silva Reis, Gisele O’Dwyer, Valeria Teresa Saraiva Lino, Lívia Costa de Oliveira, Karla Santos da Costa Rosa, Simone Garruth dos Santos Machado Sampaio

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Machado-Joseph Disease, A Case Report of Treatment Based on Phototherapy by Hugo Mendieta Zerón, David Emmanuel González Mendoza, Pamela Lagos Robles, Miriam Deyanira Rodriguez Piña

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Demystifying death: a qualitative study using the behavior change wheel framework to explore the palliative care education experiences of doctors, nurses, and community residents by Guodong Yang, Renxiu Wang, Jun Zhao, Kaiwen Ding, Longhui Xu, Yue Liu, Xiaoxuan Han, Chao Zhang, Cuiping Xu

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