A landmark volume exploring covert bias, prejudice, and discrimination with hopeful
solutions for their eventual dissolution Exploring the psychological dynamics of unconscious …

Background There is limited understanding of the 'lived experience'of palliative care patient
within the acute care setting. Failing to engage with and understand the views of patients …

Little is known about disability microaggressions. How might these subtle disability insults
and invalidations make their appearance in interpersonal and environmental encounters …

Qualitative health service research has increasingly drawn on focus groups to inform health
policy and intervention design. Focus groups provide opportunities to engage in the …

Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy of women worldwide
accounting for 23% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases. It is also the leading cause of …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer typically experience multiple concurrent symptoms,
which have a detrimental impact on patient outcomes. No studies to date have qualitatively …

The need for palliative care is increasing due to the rising burden of non-communicable
diseases and some communicable diseases. Chronic illnesses demand patient-centred …

BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about patients' perceptions of the work and role of
the specialist palliative care nurse. Understanding the patients' perspective can help to …

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33 CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS E FAMÍLIA REVISÃO Cuidados paliativos e família Paliative care …

Transition as a concept in healthcare has been explored, but there is limited empirical work
which considers transition in the context of palliative care, specifically from the patient …