Background There has been increasing evidence and debate on palliative care research
priorities and the international research agenda. To date, however, there is a lack of …

Background: Substantial agreement has been achieved on research priorities in palliative
care over the past 15 years, as evidenced by consensus conferences and systematic …

Context An increasing amount of health policy is formulated at global level. At this global
level, palliative care has attracted support primarily from normative institutions (WHO), not …

The heterogeneity of the palliative care population represents challenges to research
methodology, including study design, informed consent (and ethical issues in general) …

Context Palliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of
life for patients and their caregivers. Objectives The purpose of this review was to provide a …

Background: Improved and cost-effective palliative and end-of-life care is an international
policy imperative. Developments are impeded by a weak and often inconsistent evidence …

The adoption of evidence-based hierarchies and research methods from other disciplines
may not completely translate to complex palliative care settings. The heterogeneity of the …

The question of whether a coherent tradition in research and research methods (or
paradigm) exists in palliative care is explored in this paper through an examination of the …

This paper examines the debate about best evidence within the public health literature and
proposes that similar arguments and concerns exist with respect to use of current evidence …

Context In 2007, a systematic review revealed a number of quality indicators referring mostly
to palliative care outcomes and processes. Psychosocial and spiritual aspects were scarcely …