Palliative Medicine Journal
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A high impact peer reviewed multi-disciplinary palliative care journal. Research journal of the EAPC. Find us on FB, X, Instagram, LinkedIn. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PMJ #hpm #hapc #research #hospice #academicsky
🚨 Our first issue of 2026 is out! Content includes a peek into how we manage your manuscripts, and papers on psychedelics, pressure ulcers, caregiving, professional identity and more. Check out the table of contents: journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliative
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🚨 Our first issue of 2026 is out! Content includes a peek into how we manage your manuscripts, and papers on psychedelics, pressure ulcers, caregiving, professional identity and more. Check out the table of contents: journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliative
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NEW PAPER People from minority ethnic groups face inequities in palliative and end-of-life care, yet research methods often fail to capture them. We worked with patients, carers, clinicians, and researchers to develop 13 principles for better research on ethnicity in palliative care. #palliativecare
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
NEW PAPER People from minority ethnic groups face inequities in palliative and end-of-life care, yet research methods often fail to capture them. We worked with patients, carers, clinicians, and researchers to develop 13 principles for better research on ethnicity in palliative care. #palliativecare
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Our practice review brings together the latest evidence on managing gastric outflow obstruction in palliative care
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Our practice review brings together the latest evidence on managing gastric outflow obstruction in palliative care
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January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Our practice review brings together the latest evidence on managing gastric outflow obstruction in palliative care
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Our practice review brings together the latest evidence on managing gastric outflow obstruction in palliative care
Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Want to find grey literature? See our latest methods and methodology paper presenting a 12-element framework to support flexible yet systematic searching of grey literature in #palliative care research journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Want to find grey literature? See our latest methods and methodology paper presenting a 12-element framework to support flexible yet systematic searching of grey literature in #palliative care research journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
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‘Research output still clusters in high income countries.’ Read this week’s #EAPCblog looking at the 100 most cited research papers bit.ly/42D8raJ @palliativemedj.bsky.social
Mapping the science of palliative care – name the bias, then bridge it
There has been an increasing amount of palliative care research over the past few decades and the evidence base has been growing fast. For Palliative Medicine Editor’s Choice for October 2025, Fabr…
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October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
‘Research output still clusters in high income countries.’ Read this week’s #EAPCblog looking at the 100 most cited research papers bit.ly/42D8raJ @palliativemedj.bsky.social
Different advance care planning intervention types impact patient outcomes to varying degrees. #hpm #hapc #acp journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Different advance care planning intervention types impact patient outcomes to varying degrees. #hpm #hapc #acp journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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‘With more people dying in hospitals, the need for volunteer support in this setting will increase’ Find out more in this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/4pdKSyP @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @careforthedying.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social
Improving holistic palliative care support: perspectives from five countries on hospital end of life care volunteer services
The iLIVE Volunteer Study supported the development and implementation of hospital end of life care volunteer services in five hospitals in five countries. For July’s Palliative Medicine editor’s c…
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September 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘With more people dying in hospitals, the need for volunteer support in this setting will increase’ Find out more in this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/4pdKSyP @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @careforthedying.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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This week’s #EAPCblog ‘We found that volunteers brought meaningful company, comfort and human connection to seriously ill and dying patients in hospitals.’ bit.ly/4pdKSyP @palliativemedj.bsky.social @careforthedying.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social
Improving holistic palliative care support: perspectives from five countries on hospital end of life care volunteer services
The iLIVE Volunteer Study supported the development and implementation of hospital end of life care volunteer services in five hospitals in five countries. For July’s Palliative Medicine editor’s c…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This week’s #EAPCblog ‘We found that volunteers brought meaningful company, comfort and human connection to seriously ill and dying patients in hospitals.’ bit.ly/4pdKSyP @palliativemedj.bsky.social @careforthedying.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social
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September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
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Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
September 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
September 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
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Please LISTEN to Heidi Merrington and Angela Dawson describe their research: #PalliativeCare needs of people seeking refuge @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast
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Enhancing the wellbeing of refugees living with advanced life-limiting illness in high-income resettlement countries: A systematic review
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August 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Please LISTEN to Heidi Merrington and Angela Dawson describe their research: #PalliativeCare needs of people seeking refuge @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast
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A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles of the top palliative care articles Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo et al. @billyrosaphd.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Mapping the Science of palliative care: A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles - Jacopo D’Andria Ursoleo, Alice Bottussi, Sandy Christiansen, Donald R Sullivan, Kelly C Vranas, William ...
Background: The palliative care evidence base has grown substantially in recent years with the benefits, barriers, and facilitators of care delivery well establ...
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August 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles of the top palliative care articles Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo et al. @billyrosaphd.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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‘I feel like I need time to heal. But the situation we're in and the demands that we have with our child makes that impossible’. Read this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/47k8L1j @palliativemedj.bsky.social
A call for improved support for parent-carers of children with a life limiting condition: fathers’ health and perspectives of caregiving
With more children living with life limiting conditions, an increasing number of parents are providing extensive care for their child at home. The voices of fathers remain largely unheard in resear…
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September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
‘I feel like I need time to heal. But the situation we're in and the demands that we have with our child makes that impossible’. Read this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/47k8L1j @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Latest paper from the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social Better End of Life programme.
Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support.
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Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support.
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Models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home: A systematic umbrella review of reviews - Sophie Pask, Chukwuebuka Okwuosa, Ahmed Mohamed, Rebecca...
Background: There is growing demand for home-based palliative care because of patient preference, and increased number of deaths. Optimal models for community-b...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Latest paper from the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social Better End of Life programme.
Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support.
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Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support.
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‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
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July 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
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‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
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July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
Healthcare providers need to consider how the USD-4D needs to be properly embedded in clinical care for patients to optimally benefit from using it. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Validating the socio-spiritual items of the Utrecht Symptom Diary—4 Dimensional: Content and construct validity - Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Frederieke van der Baan, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen...
Background: The Utrecht Symptom Diary—4 Dimensional (USD-4D) is a multidimensional Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to monitor symptoms and needs and increase p...
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June 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Healthcare providers need to consider how the USD-4D needs to be properly embedded in clinical care for patients to optimally benefit from using it. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Multimodal interventions with a focus on symptom control, quality of life, peer support and with psychosocial input appear to be crucial to integrated, effective and patient led supportive care #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #ILD journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Multimodal interventions with a focus on symptom control, quality of life, peer support and with psychosocial input appear to be crucial to integrated, effective and patient led supportive care #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #ILD journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Resilience in both wife caregivers and husband caregivers increased over time but husbands had higher levels of resilience than wives. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Resilience in both wife caregivers and husband caregivers increased over time but husbands had higher levels of resilience than wives. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
As the use of technology to sustain life increases, we need to question how much we expect of family members in providing care for those with complex interventions, such as ventilation, at home. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As the use of technology to sustain life increases, we need to question how much we expect of family members in providing care for those with complex interventions, such as ventilation, at home. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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June 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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June 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
Family caregiver-targeted web-based interventions may facilitate spouses’ and patients’ experience of sharing everyday life. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Family caregiver-targeted web-based interventions may facilitate spouses’ and patients’ experience of sharing everyday life. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....