BMC Palliative Care

Section Editors

Claudia Bausewein, University of Munich
Linda Emanuel, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Mary Ann Murray, University of Ottawa
Sheila Payne, University of Sheffield
Sharon Watanabe, Cross Cancer Institute

Executive Editor

Catia Cornacchia, BioMed Central

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Articles

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Home-based dying preference investigated

Evidence from the literature suggests that as illness progresses, most people prefer to die at home and most do not change their preferred location to die, however, there is a significant minority whose views must be taken into account.

BMC Palliative Care 2013, 12:7
New resources help families plan ahead

A new set of web-based resources for parents and children with life-limiting conditions can be used to help families with planning ahead and determining care preferences, with more needing to be done to train professionals to help engage with these families.

BMC Palliative Care 2013, 12:5
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Comments

Correction table 3

Comment on: Cox et al. BMC Palliative Care 2011, 10:18
Family Sharing

Comment on: Tan et al. BMC Palliative Care 2011, 10:7
alternative to euthanasia

Comment on: Muller-Busch et al. BMC Palliative Care 2006, 2:2

Scope

BMC Palliative Care is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on 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.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

Join the Editorial Board!

Are you interested in becoming an Editorial Board member for BMC Palliative Care and helping to maintain the editorial standards and ethos of this growing journal? To volunteer as an Associate Editor, please simply contact us at bmcpalliatcare@biomedcentral.com, enclosing a summary of your research interests and relevant expertise. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Section Editor's profile

Sharon M. Watanabe, MD is Professor in the Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, and Director of the Department of Symptom Control and Palliative Care at the Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada. Her research focus is symptom assessment.

"I am pleased to have been involved with BMC Palliative Care, first as an Associate Editor and now as Section Editor for Cancer Palliative Care. I have been impressed with the journal's high editorial standards, and rapidity of the peer review and publication process. Moreover, I strongly believe in the value of BMC Palliative Care's open access policy, which makes new knowledge available to the global palliative care community, irrespective of institutional affiliation or financial means."

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