… in the way clinical services deliver clinical care. As with all clinical care there is variation in
local … proved to be a major challenge in palliative care controlled clinical trials, given that there …

… to consider the role of palliative care in surgery in terms of specific patient-oriented clinical
outcomes, rather than in terms of the elusive cure versus palliation. In addition to survival, …

… While the research challenges that confront us … challenges in four clinical areas: 1) challenges
related to our communities; 2) challenges related to patients; 3) family-related challenges; …

… Improving our understanding of the ethical challenges faced by specialist palliative care …
-day practice and to underpin evidence-based ethics training programmes in palliative care. …

… and successful completion of clinical trials in advanced cancer and palliative care. Large …
challenges unique to palliative care, and presents examples from the Palliative Care Trial (PCT…

… The heterogeneity of the palliative care population represents a major challenge for research.
Patients with a longer life expectancy generally have fewer and often less pronounced …

… palliative care to take root, there is need for a charismatic “champion”. However, for palliative
care … Charisma continues to be necessary to prevent palliative care being strangled by an …

… The methodological issues which arose in developing this research project for a palliative
care sample, whilst challenging, were strategically managed by considering the potential …

… s lives changes profoundly, challenging traditional care provision in geriatric medicine
and palliative care. Both specialties have to collaborate closely and geriatric palliative care (GPC) …

… report on palliative care and a summary report of recent research concerning palliative care
… concerning end-of-life care and critical care, including empirical research and guidelines on …