Sage Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
Episodes
Episode 3: Shirley Otis-Green
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
E2 - Charles von Gunten
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
E2 - Charles von Gunten
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Loading phenobarbital in paediatric home-based terminal care: A case series
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jo-Anne J. Kelly (Palliative Care South East, Narre Warren, VIC, Australia (Palliative Care South East, Narre Warren, VIC, A...
Sexual health at the end of life in patients with advanced cancer and their partners. Results of a Dutch prospective longitudinal study (eQuiPe)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Isabel S. van der Meer (Department of Research and Development, The Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The ...
Balancing present-moment acceptance and future concerns: A qualitative study of illness experiences and perceptions of palliative care in progressive neurological diseases
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Lily Man Lee Chan (School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR). What is a...
Loading phenobarbital in paediatric home-based terminal care: A case series
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jo-Anne J. Kelly (Palliative Care South East, Narre Warren, VIC, Australia (Palliative Care South East, Narre Warren, VIC, A...
Palliative care and assisted dying: Uneasy bedfellows
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Nancy Preston (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK) and Professor James...
A qualitative study exploring the perceptions and understandings of advance care planning by people with treatable but not curable cancer
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Sheila Payne (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Health Innovation One, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U...
Enhancing the wellbeing of refugees living with advanced life-limiting illness in high-income resettlement countries: A systematic review
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Heidi Merrington (School of Public Health, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Professor Angela ...
Asian family members' participation in advance care planning: An integrative review
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jing-Da Pan (Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province...
The experience of nurses when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening: A qualitative evidence synthesis
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Victoria Ali (Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK) What is...
Changes in perception of prognosis in the last year of life of patients with advanced cancer and its associated factors: Longitudinal results of the eQuiPe study.
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Moyke Versluis (Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, The Netherlands Graduat...
Components of home-based palliative and supportive care for adults with heart failure: A scoping review
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Madhurangi Perera (Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre, School of Nursing and Australia Centre for Healthcare Transf...
Multiple points of system failure underpin continuous subcutaneous infusion safety incidents in palliative care: A mixed methods analysis
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Amy Brown (Marie Curie Research Centre, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. S...
Definition and recommendations of advance care planning: A Delphi study in five Asian sectors
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Masanori Mori (Division of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan) Wha...
The double awareness of the wish to hasten death and the will to live: A secondary analysis of outlier patients from a mixed-methods study
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Raymond Voltz (Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne,...
Development of the TIFFIN recommendations for co-producing palliative and end-of-life care research with individuals with lived experience of homelessness: A qualitative study
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jodie Crooks (Marie Curie, London, UK) and Dr Briony Hudson (Marie Curie, London, UK; Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Depa...
Electronic symptom monitoring for home-based palliative care: A systematic review
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Suning Mao (State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Ora...
Primary palliative care: Onwards and upwards!
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Scott Murray (Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK). ...
Primary palliative care: Onwards and upwards!
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Scott Murray (Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK). ...
Primary Palliative Care - onwards and upwards!
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Primary Palliative Care - onwards and upwards!
What are we planning, exactly? The perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities, their carers and professionals on end-of-life care planning: A focus group study
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Richard Keagan-Bull (Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education, School of Nursing, Allied and Public Health, Kingst...
Subcutaneous sodium valproate in palliative care: A systematic review
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Sheryn Tan (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia) and Dr Stephen Bacchi (Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Aust...
How palliative care professionals develop coping competence through their career: A grounded theory
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Maria Arantzamendit, (Universidad de Navarra, Institute for Culture and Society-ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Car...
What are the anticipated benefits, risks, barriers and facilitators to implementing person-centred outcome measures into routine care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? A qualitative interview study with key
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Hannah Scott, (King's College London, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Ins...
What are the anticipated benefits, risks, barriers and facilitators to implementing person-centred outcome measures into routine care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? A qualitative interview study with key
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Hannah Scott, (King's College London, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Ins...
Long-term bereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Fiona Kenney and Koby Anderson, (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ...
Social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life: A population-based survey
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Sue-Ling Chang, (CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Oncology Division, Québec City, QC, Canada) What is alre...
Feasibility and effectiveness of a two-tiered intervention involving training and a new consultation model for patients with palliative care needs in primary care: A before-after study
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Carlos Seiça Cardoso (Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal CINTESIS@RISE, MEDCIDS, Faculty of Medi...
Reduction in potentially inappropriate end-of-life hospital care for cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective population-based study
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Ellis Slotman (Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands) What is already known about the...
Family carer experiences of hospice care at home: findings from a mixed methods realist evaluation
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Vanessa Abrahamson, (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK). What is already known about the to...
"Challenges and opportunities for improvement when people with an intellectual disability or serious mental illness also need palliative care: A qualitative meta-ethnography"
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Nivedita Ashok, (University College London, London, UK). What is already known about the topic? Individuals with intelle...
What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer? Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Caitlin Spooner (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK). What is already know...
Telehealth requires improved evidence to achieve its full potential in palliative care
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Tru...
Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged ⩾60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linked data study
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Title "Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged ⩾60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linke...
Spiritual, religious, and existential concerns of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A qualitative interview study
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Hannah May Scott (Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, King's Colle...
Palliative care for people who use drugs during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: A scoping review on access, policies, and programs and guidelines
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Jenny Lau (Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; De...
Applying the community readiness model to identify and address inequity in end-of-life care in South Asian communities
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Rachael Moss (Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK). What is al...
Support from healthcare professionals in empowering family carers to discuss advance care planning: A population-based survey
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Isabel Vandenbogaerde (End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium). ...
End-of-life communication strategies for healthcare professionals: A scoping review
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Joyce Chung and Weilin Chen (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, Chin...
Serious health-related suffering experienced by children with disability and their families living in Bangladesh: A scoping review
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Suzanne Smith (Master of Palliative Care student, Flinders University, Australia; Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, ...
Addressing inequity in palliative care provision for older people living with multimorbidity. Perspectives of community-dwelling older people on their palliative care needs: A scoping review
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Richard Green (University of Surrey, Guildford, UK). Multimorbidity is increasing substantially worldwide, is associated wit...
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in cancer pain: A database analysis to determine recruitment feasibility for a clinical trial
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Andrew Page (Academic Unit of Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK). Cancer pa...
Bereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr James Downar (University of Ottawa, Canada). Early studies in the COVID-19 pandemic have suggested a high prevalence of seve...
Health care professionals' perceptions of factors influencing the process of identifying patients for serious illness conversations: A qualitative study
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Sofia Morberg Jämterud (Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden) and Anna Sandgren (Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden)...
Turkish imams and their role in decision-making in palliative care: A Directed Content and Narrative analysis
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features George Muishout (Department of History, European Studies and Religious Studies, Amsterdam School for Historical Studies, Univer...
The effects of confronting one's own end of life on older individuals and those with a life-threatening disease: A systematic literature review
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features researchers from the the University of Cologne (Germany) from the Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, Graduate S...
Integrating lived experiences of out-of-hours health services for people with palliative and end-of-life care needs with national datasets for people dying in Scotland in 2016
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Scott Murray (Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK). People living at home w...
Is trained communication about desire to die harmful for patients receiving palliative care? A cohort study
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Raymond Voltz, Kathleen Boström and Dr Kerstin Kremeike (Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and U...
Death doulas as supportive companions in end-of-life care: A scoping review
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Si Qi Yoong (National University of Singapore, Singapore). Death doula is a relatively new role found in the United States, Uni...
Podcast 97: Revised Recommendations on Standards and Norms for Palliative Care in Europe from the European Association for Palliative Care: a Delphi study
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The EAPC published recommendations on standards and norms in palliative care for Europe in 2009. The Delphi technique is a well recognised way to eli...
A feasibility and acceptability pilot for the longitudinal measurement of inspiratory and expiratory pressures in people with advanced pancreatic cancer
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Diana Ferreira (Research Fellow at University of Wollongong, Australia). Breathlessness is frequently experienced in people w...
Integrating lived experiences of out-of-hours health services for people with palliative and end-of-life care needs with national datasets for people dying in Scotland in 2016: a mixed methods, multi-stage design
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Scott Murray (Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK). People living at home w...
Patient Perspectives on States Worse Than Death: A Qualitative Study with Implications for Patient-Centered Outcomes and Values Elicitation
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Catherine Auriemma (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania). Prior surveys and limi...
Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in community-based settings: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Madeleine Juhrmann (Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. HammondCare Centre for Learning and...
Adaptation and continuous learning: integrative review of coping strategies of palliative care professionals
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Prof. María Arantzamendi (Institute for Culture and Society, ATLANTES, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain). Co...
'It feels it's wasting whatever time I've got left': A qualitative study of living with treatable but not curable cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Eloise Radcliffe (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) and Aysha Khan (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester...
Arts engagement facilitated by artists with individuals with life-limiting illness: A systematic integrative review of the literature
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jennifer Baxley Lee (Ulster University, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Northern Ireland, UK University of F...
An online international comparison of palliative care identification in primary care using the Surprise Question
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Nicola White (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK...
Asian patients' perspectives on advance care planning: A mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Diah Martina (Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, T...
Unwelcome memento mori or best clinical practice? Community end of life anticipatory medication prescribing practice: A mixed methods observational study
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Ben Bowers (Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK). The ...
Effectiveness of two types of palliative home care in cancer and non-cancer patients: A retrospective population-based study using claims data
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Markus Krause (Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany) and Dr Antje Freyt...
Racism in palliative care
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jamilla Akhter Hussain (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK), Jonathan Koffman (Cicel...
The 'work' of managing medications when someone is seriously ill and dying at home: A longitudinal qualitative case study of patient and family perspectives'
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Eleanor Wilson (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research in End of Life Care, School of Health Sciences, University...
Professionals', patients' and families' views on the use of opioids for chronic breathlessness: A systematic review using the framework method and pillar process
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Florence Reedy (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK). Chronic breat...
Effectiveness of two types of palliative home care in cancer and non-cancer patients: a retrospective population-based study using claims data
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Specialist palliative care staff's varying experiences of talking with people with intellectual disability about their dying and death: A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Baby Foo (School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Dr Michele Wiese (School of Psychology, ...
Emotional disclosure in palliative care: a scoping review of intervention characteristics and implementation factors
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Daisy McInnerney (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK). Emotional discl...
Healthcare professionals' views of the use of oral morphine and transmucosal diamorphine in the management of paediatric breakthrough pain and the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial: a focus group study (DIPPER)'
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Liz Jamieson (Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School of Pharmacy, London, UK). Oral...
Pharmacological strategies used to manage symptoms of patients dying of COVID-19: A rapid systematic review
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Laura Health (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK). COVID-19 has a mortalit...
Dexmedetomidine for hyperactive delirium at the end of life: An open-label single arm pilot study with dose escalation in adult patients admitted to an inpatient palliative care unit
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Benjamin Thomas (Palliative Care Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia). Terminal d...
Sadness, despair and anger when a patient dies alone from COVID-19: A thematic content analysis of Twitter data from bereaved family members and friends
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Lucy Selman (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Universi...
'Saying goodbye' during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of online newspapers with implications for end of life care
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Lucy Selman (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Universi...
Tools to help healthcare professionals recognize palliative care needs in patients with advanced heart failure: a systematic review
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Stephanie Ament (Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, ...
Video-based online interviews for palliative care research: A new normal in COVID-19?
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Geraldine Foley (Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health ...
How to measure the effects and potential adverse events of palliative sedation? An integrative review
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor María Arantzamendi (Institute for Culture and Society-ATLANTES, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain). In the ...
"Hanging in a balance": A qualitative study exploring clinicians' experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jonathan Bayuo (Presbyterian University College, Abetifi, Eastern, Ghana and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, H...
The palliative care needs and experiences of people with advanced head and neck cancer: A scoping review
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK). Advanced head and neck cancer patients have specific challenges...
Making the best of multidisciplinary care for patients with malignant fungating wounds: A qualitative study of clinicians' narratives
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jeanna Qiu (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA). Maintaining quality of life for patients with malignant fungating wound...
How to measure the effects and potential adverse events of palliative sedation? An integrative review
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Complementary therapy in palliative care: A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Bridget Candy (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London,...
The pervasive relevance of COVID-19 within routine paediatric palliative care consultations during the pandemic: A conversation analytic study
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Katie Ekberg (School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Dr ...
My wife is my doctor at home': A qualitative study exploring the challenges of home-based palliative care in a resource-poor setting
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Yakubu Salifu (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine,...
This is your golden time. You enjoy it and you've plenty time for crying after': How dysphagia impacts family caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A qualitative study
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Dominika Lisiecka (Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, School of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Technol...
Does the carer support needs assessment tool cover the established support needs of carers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A systematic literature search and narrative review
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kerry Micklewright and Dr Morag Farquhar (School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK). Informal carers ...
Nursing competencies across different levels of palliative care provision: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Minna Hökkä (Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, Medical Department, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland). P...
Managing uncertainty and references to time in prognostic conversations with family members at the end of life: A conversation analytic study
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Rebecca Anderson (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, ...
The impacts and effectiveness of support for people bereaved through advanced illness: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Emily Harrop (Marie Curie Research Centre, Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK). The support ne...
Do journals contribute to the international publication of research in their field?
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Professor Catherine Walshe (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK). Publication bias is know...
A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of barriers and facilitators to paediatric symptom management at end-of-life
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The palliative care needs of infants, children and young people differ to those of adults. The broad spectrum of paediatric life-limiting or life-thr...
Understanding usual care in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions: A multi-method approach
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Emel Yorganci (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, London, UK). Usual care provided to pa...
Self-management of patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review of experiences and attitudes
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kim de Nooijer and Sophie van Dongen (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands). Self-management has pr...
"Disease trajectories, place and mode of death in people with head and neck cancer: findings from the 'Head and Neck 5000' population-based prospective clinical cohort study
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK). Few large studies describe initial disease trajectories and subsequent mor...
Drivers of care costs and quality in the last three months of life among older people receiving palliative care: a multinational mortality follow-back survey across England, Ireland and the USA
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Deokhee Yi (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King's College London). Large variation exists in the health ser...
"Strategies for the implementation of palliative care education and organizational interventions in long-term care facilities: A scoping review"
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Danni Collingridge Moore (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK). The provision an...
The effectiveness of aromatherapy, massage and reflexology in people with palliative care needs: A systematic review
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Bridget Candy and Dr Megan Armstrong (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University Col...
Online training improves medical students' ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr Nicola White and Dr Linda Oostendorp (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University...
Consumer and carer leadership in palliative care academia and practice: A systematic review with narrative synthesis
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Brett Scholz (Medical School, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia). Consumer involvement is required b...
Does inpatient palliative care consultation impact outcomes following hospital discharge? A narrative systematic review
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Mary Scott (Ottowa Hospital Research Institute. Bruyere Research Institute). Many patients and families report improved satisf...