Palliative care is an increasingly important area of clinical practice and health service
delivery. The heterogeneity of the patient population and the multidisciplinary nature of care …

The aspiration to design and conduct high-quality research in palliative care has been an
important but elusive goal. The article evaluates the nature of research methodologies …

Background Palliative care is an evolving specialty with a growing evidence base. However,
evidence is less accessible than it could be with a lower than average conversion of …

Background: Palliative medicine has made rapid progress in establishing its scientific and
clinical legitimacy, yet the evidence base to support clinical practice remains deficient in …

CONTEXT: Although research activity in palliative care is rapidly increasing, the composition
of published studies—in terms of significant research characteristics—has not yet been well …

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

ACOMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH NETWORK is critical to facilitate the clinical studies
needed to improve our evidence base in palliative care. Such a network should have 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 …

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

Developing palliative care services in the community (which is sometimes now called
Primary Palliative Care) is important to reach and serve the whole population, and to provide …