Palliative care

Timely short-term specialised palliative care service intervention for frail older people and their family carers in primary care: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Kim de Nooijer, Lara Pivodic, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Peter Pype, Lieve Van den Block

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043663

January 20, 2021

Qualitative study to explore what patients with heart failure find significant during integrated palliative care sessions in a Danish clinic

Stine Gundtoft Roikjær, Charlotte Paaske Simonÿ, Helle Ussing Timm

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043955

December 31, 2020

What is spiritual care? Professional perspectives on the concept of spiritual care identified through group concept mapping

Niels Christian Hvidt, Kristina Tomra Nielsen, Alex K Kørup, Christina Prinds, Dorte Gilså Hansen, Dorte Toudal Viftrup, Elisabeth Assing Hvidt, Elisabeth Rokkjær Hammer, Erik Falkø, Flemming Locher, Hanne Bess Boelsbjerg, Johan Albert Wallin, Karsten Flemming Thomsen, Katja Schrøder, Lene Moestrup, Ricko Damberg Nissen, Sif Stewart-Ferrer, Tobias Kvist Stripp, Vibeke Østergaard Steenfeldt, Jens Søndergaard, Eva Ejlersen Wæhrens

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042142

December 28, 2020

Factors influencing palliative care referral for hospitalised patients with heart failure: an exploratory, randomised, multi-institutional survey of hospitalists and cardiologists

Nauzley Christy Abedini, Gaorui Guo, Scott L Hummel, David Bozaan, Michael Beasley, Jennifer Cowger, Vineet Chopra

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040857

December 15, 2020

Nurse-led, screening-triggered, early specialised palliative care intervention programme for patients with advanced lung cancer: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Daisuke Fujisawa, Shigeki Umemura, Ayumi Okizaki, Eriko Satomi, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Tempei Miyaji, Tomoe Mashiko, Naoko Kobayashi, Hiroya Kinoshita, Masanori Mori, Tatsuya Morita, Yosuke Uchitomi, Koichi Goto, Yuichiro Ohe, Yoshihisa Matsumoto

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037759

November 26, 2020

Longitudinal study of symptom burden in outpatients with advanced cancers based on electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) platform: a single institution, prospective study protocol

Lili Tang, Ying Pang, Yi He, Qiuling Shi, Xinkun Han, Zimeng Li, Chengcheng Zhou, Yuhe Zhou, Shuangzhi He, Yan Wang, Yening Zhang, Lili Song, Bingmei Wang, Xiumin Li

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038223

November 20, 2020