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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Anastasios Koutsos
Welcome to BMC Palliative Care published by BioMed Central
BMC Palliative Care is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and
international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for
those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.
BMC Palliative Care (ISSN 1472-684X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :12
Guidelines suggested to aid professionals in convening, conducting and evaluating family meetings may be potentially important in enhancing the quality of palliative care.
BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :7
A clinical trial evaluating a fast-track multiple sclerosis care service shows for the first time that such randomized trials are possible in palliative care if they are carefully conducted.
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How useful are systematic reviews for informing palliative care practice? Survey of 25 Cochrane systematic reviews Bee Wee, Gina Hadley, Sheena Derry BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :13 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Family meetings in palliative care: multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines Peter Hudson, Karen Quinn, Brendan O'Hanlon, Sanchia Aranda BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :12 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Emergency calls and need for emergency care in patients looked after by a palliative care team: Retrospective interview study with bereaved relatives Christoph H.R. Wiese, Andrea Vossen-Wellmann, Hannah C. Morgenthal, Aron F. Popov, Bernhard M. Graf, Gerd G. Hanekop BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :11 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A reliability and validity study of the palliative performance scale Francis Ho, Francis Lau, Michael G Downing, Mary Lesperance BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :10 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A reassuring presence: an evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service Beverley Lucas, Neil Small, Peter Greasley, Andrew Daley BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :9 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Palliative care in advanced dementia; A mixed methods approach for the development of a complex intervention Elizabeth L Sampson, Ingela Thun BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :8 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, Polly Edmonds BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :7 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A comparative analysis of computer based hospice palliative care datasets in Canada Craig E Kuziemsky, Francis Lau BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :6 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, Martijn A Spruit BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :5 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, Keith G Wilson BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7 :4 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A method to determine spatial access to specialized palliative care services using GIS Jonathan Cinnamon, Nadine Schuurman, Valorie A Crooks BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :140 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Depression and quality of life in cancer patients with and without pain: the role of pain beliefs Azadeh Tavoli, Ali Montazeri, Rasool Roshan, Zahra Tavoli, Mahdiyeh Melyani BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :177 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The changing causal foundations of cancer-related symptom clustering during the final month of palliative care: A longitudinal study Karin Olson, Leslie Hayduk, Marilyn Cree, Ying Cui, Hue Quan, John Hanson, Peter Lawlor, Florian Strasser BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :36 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Caregiver assessment of patients with advanced cancer: concordance with patients, effect of burden and positivity Irene J Higginson, Wei Gao Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6 :42 (2 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cancer Trajectories at the End of Life: is there an effect of age and gender? Massimo Costantini, Monica Beccaro, Irene J Higginson BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :127 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Is the qualitative research interview an acceptable medium for research with palliative care patients and carers? Marjolein Gysels, Cathy Shipman, Irene J Higginson BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :7 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma presenting with extensive skin lesions: a case report GB Iwanski, A Block, G Keller, J Muench, S Claus, W Fiedler, C Bokemeyer Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :115 (21 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a comparative study of the ethical reasoning of physicians and the general public Anders Rydvall, Niels Lyn Critical Care 2008, 12 :R13 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia Rurik L BMC Medicine 2008, 6 :4 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cold saline irrigation of the renal pelvis during Radiofrequency Ablation of a central renal neoplasm: a case report Jose P Morales, Tarun Sabharwal, Marios Georganas, Renato Dourado, Declan Cahill, Andreas Adam Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :40 (7 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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