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Psychosocial

Section edited by Nancy Preston

This section considers submissions that focus on psychosocial, spiritual, existential, philosophical, and psychological well being of patients and their family/carers in a palliative care setting.

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  1. Many people around the world are getting cancer and living longer with the disease. Thanks to improved treatment options in healthcare, patients diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer can increasingly...

    Authors: Magdalena Karlsson, Febe Friberg, Catarina Wallengren and Joakim Öhlén

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:28

    Content type: Research article

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  2. As professional spiritual care (chaplaincy) is introduced to new cultures worldwide, it bears examining which elements of screening and care are universal and, for those elements showing cultural difference, t...

    Authors: Michael Schultz, Doron Lulav-Grinwald and Gil Bar-Sela

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:19

    Content type: Research article

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  3. Since many patients spend most of the time at home at the end of life, this may affect the burden for family carers and constitute a risk factor for the patients’ hospitalisation. This study aimed to explore f...

    Authors: Maria C De Korte-Verhoef, H Roeline W Pasman, Bart PM Schweitzer, Anneke L Francke, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen and Luc Deliens

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:16

    Content type: Research article

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  4. Dignity therapy is a brief psychotherapy that has been shown to enhance the end of life experience. Dignity therapy often involves family carers to support patients weakened by illness and family carers are al...

    Authors: Brenda Bentley, Moira O’Connor, Lauren J Breen and Robert Kane

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:12

    Content type: Research article

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Palliative Care 2016 15:19

  5. Parents of seriously ill children participate in making difficult medical decisions for their child. In some cases, parents face situations where their initial goals, such as curing the condition, may have bec...

    Authors: Douglas L Hill, Victoria Miller, Jennifer K Walter, Karen W Carroll, Wynne E Morrison, David A Munson, Tammy I Kang, Pamela S Hinds and Chris Feudtner

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:9

    Content type: Debate

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  6. The World Health Organisation recognises palliative care as a global public health issue and this is reflected at strategic level. Despite this, palliative care may not be universally welcomed. Surveys over th...

    Authors: Sonja McIlfatrick, Felicity Hasson, Dorry McLaughlin, Gail Johnston, Audrey Roulston, Lesley Rutherford, Helen Noble, Sheila Kelly, Avril Craig and W George Kernohan

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2013 12:34

    Content type: Research article

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  8. The United Kingdom has led the world in the development of children’s palliative care. Over the past two decades, the illness trajectories of children with life-limiting conditions have extended with new treat...

    Authors: Jane Noyes, Richard P Hastings, Mary Lewis, Richard Hain, Virginia Bennett, Lucie Hobson and Llinos Haf Spencer

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2013 12:5

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Our aim was to obtain a clearer picture of the relevant care experiences and care perceptions of incurably ill Turkish and Moroccan patients, their relatives and professional care providers, as well as of comm...

    Authors: Fuusje M de Graaff, Patriek Mistiaen, Walter LJM Devillé and Anneke L Francke

    Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2012 11:17

    Content type: Research article

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