Background: When healthcare professionals or other involved parties prevent eligible
patients from entering a trial as a research subject, they are gatekeeping. This phenomenon …

Family caregiving towards the end-of-life entails considerable emotional, social, financial
and physical costs for caregivers. Evidence suggests that good support can improve …

Context Despite international guidelines emphasizing consumer-directed care and
autonomous decisions in research participation, there is a common myth that research can …

Background: Recruitment to paediatric palliative care research is challenging, with high
rates of non-invitation of eligible families by clinicians. The impact on sample characteristics …

Objective High‐quality research trials are necessary to provide evidence for the effective
management of mental health difficulties, but successful recruitment can be challenging …

Aim To develop a typology and screening tool for gatekeeping behaviours by nurses
responsible for recruitment in palliative care research. Design Concurrent analysis. Method …

Background This study explores the experience of palliative patients and their family
members of a family meeting model, utilised as an instrument for the provision of spiritual …

Spirituality could be understood as a personal belief, a relation with sacred, divine
experience, a sense of purpose and meaning towards life, authenticity and connectedness …

The provision of care that enhances the quality of life at the end of life is a fundamental goal
of palliative care services. This pilot study explored the application of the Quality of Life at …

Introduction This study evaluated the use of a family meeting model to address the spiritual
needs of palliative patients and their family members in the context of two metropolitan …