Research on palliative care presents some unique sampling challenges. The purpose of this
paper is to articulate the sampling challenges that palliative care researchers face during …

End-of-life care must be informed by methodologically rigorous, high-quality research, but
well-documented barriers make the conduct of palliative care clinical trials difficult. With …

THIS PAPER SERVES as an introduction to an upcoming series in the Journal of Palliative
Medicine on research methods in palliative care. The goal of the series is to enable the …

Context Feasibility and pilot study designs are common in palliative care research. Finding
standard guidelines on the structure and reporting of these study types is difficult. Objectives …

THE USE OF OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS in the field of palliative care is vital
to building the evidence base, identifying best practices, and understanding disparities in …

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families and reduce
suffering from life-threatening illness. In assessing palliative care efficacy, researchers must …

Palliative medicine has only recently joined the ranks of evidence-based medical
subspecialties. Palliative medicine is a rapidly evolving field, which is quickly moving to …

THE EARLY SUCCESSES of hospital-and community-based hospice and palliative care
programs have led to rapid growth of these services over the past several decades. 1, 2 This …

Mixed Methods: In Search of Truth in Palliative Care Medicine Page 1 JOURNAL OF
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE Volume 7, Number 3, 2004 © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Mixed Methods: In …

Scientific advances often rely on the invention of new tools and methods for seeing the
world. The path towards discovery is marked with methodological inventions such as the …