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
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
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....
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.
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....
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....
We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
May 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
The use of a single question (‘Are you constipated?’) is inadequate in identifying a significant proportion of patients with opioid-induced constipation in people with advanced cancer in Europe. #hpm #hapc mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative-m...
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The use of a single question (‘Are you constipated?’) is inadequate in identifying a significant proportion of patients with opioid-induced constipation in people with advanced cancer in Europe. #hpm #hapc mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative-m...
It is clear that people in receipt of palliative care, and their family/carer(s), wish to play an active role in deprescribing decision-making; consideration now needs to focus on the best approach(es) to achieve this in clinical practice #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is clear that people in receipt of palliative care, and their family/carer(s), wish to play an active role in deprescribing decision-making; consideration now needs to focus on the best approach(es) to achieve this in clinical practice #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Recommendations allow clinicians to make a simple distinction between experimental off-label use and scientifically proven off-label use in #palliative medicine. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
May 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Recommendations allow clinicians to make a simple distinction between experimental off-label use and scientifically proven off-label use in #palliative medicine. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
May issue online today. Prescribing, constipation, pulmonary fibrosis and more! journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
May 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
May issue online today. Prescribing, constipation, pulmonary fibrosis and more! journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
What would you like us to know as a journal? Its our editorial board meeting tomorrow - all feedback is important to us to consider. You can reply to this post, DM us, or contact editor Catherine Walshe on c.walshe@lancaster.ac.uk #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
May 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
What would you like us to know as a journal? Its our editorial board meeting tomorrow - all feedback is important to us to consider. You can reply to this post, DM us, or contact editor Catherine Walshe on c.walshe@lancaster.ac.uk #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
The next in our series of editorials about Palliative Medicine requirements and processes is now available, this time focused on peer review: buff.ly/3F0Ly80 With many thanks to all who review for us. #hpm #hapc
February 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The next in our series of editorials about Palliative Medicine requirements and processes is now available, this time focused on peer review: buff.ly/3F0Ly80 With many thanks to all who review for us. #hpm #hapc
Guideline development within palliative care would benefit from detailed documentation of the evidence appraisal process for consistency and transparency. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3QoouCx
February 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Guideline development within palliative care would benefit from detailed documentation of the evidence appraisal process for consistency and transparency. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3QoouCx
When designing how to integrate consideRATE into improvement work, who administers the PREM, in what format and how the data is fed back to clinical teams needs careful consideration #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3CrJfdx
February 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
When designing how to integrate consideRATE into improvement work, who administers the PREM, in what format and how the data is fed back to clinical teams needs careful consideration #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3CrJfdx
Patients and families adopt creative strategies and utilize intricate care networks to access care and ease the caregiving burden. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3CEvuIw
February 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Patients and families adopt creative strategies and utilize intricate care networks to access care and ease the caregiving burden. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3CEvuIw
Co-production can reach and engage minoritised communities, enabling community members to receive information they want, in the way they want and widening access to information and support. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/42DNPjy
January 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Co-production can reach and engage minoritised communities, enabling community members to receive information they want, in the way they want and widening access to information and support. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/42DNPjy
Future ACP interventions should foresee a longer consolidation period to reach more staff in trainings and to ensure sufficient time for on-the-job learning and practice. #hapc #hpm #acp buff.ly/4ho2PX9
January 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Future ACP interventions should foresee a longer consolidation period to reach more staff in trainings and to ensure sufficient time for on-the-job learning and practice. #hapc #hpm #acp buff.ly/4ho2PX9
Treatment preferences in Asian contexts are often shaped by relationships and responsibilities toward others, with families supporting individuals to meaningfully participate, even in the presence of physical or cognitive impairments. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3EkkccM
January 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Treatment preferences in Asian contexts are often shaped by relationships and responsibilities toward others, with families supporting individuals to meaningfully participate, even in the presence of physical or cognitive impairments. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3EkkccM
Ensuring patient and caregiver-centred care supported by a multidisciplinary team is essential to delivering home-based palliative and supportive care for people with heart failure. #hpm #hapc #heartfailure buff.ly/4gdH62V
January 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ensuring patient and caregiver-centred care supported by a multidisciplinary team is essential to delivering home-based palliative and supportive care for people with heart failure. #hpm #hapc #heartfailure buff.ly/4gdH62V
Tailored implementation strategies are needed to enable trained palliative care multidisciplinary teams to routinely deliver spiritual care interventions. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare buff.ly/42zOAtD
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Tailored implementation strategies are needed to enable trained palliative care multidisciplinary teams to routinely deliver spiritual care interventions. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare buff.ly/42zOAtD
Practitioners need to take caution when encouraging self-care as illness progresses, as its efficacy weakens as the end of life approaches. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare buff.ly/4gzygNb
January 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Practitioners need to take caution when encouraging self-care as illness progresses, as its efficacy weakens as the end of life approaches. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare buff.ly/4gzygNb