Background: In order to improve the state of science in palliative care, we must increase our
ability to document the real-time experience of patients and families as they traverse the end …

Cobb, M.,'The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life'(Buckingham: Open University
Press, 2001£ 16.99 (pbk) vii+ 145pp) Currer, C.,'Responding to Grief: Dying, Bereavement …

Objectives Nurses are generally present, and often influential, in supporting patient and
family acceptance of medical futility and in assisting doctors in negotiating referral to …

The quality of research, and the resulting quality of evidence available to guide palliative
care, is dependent on the ethical decisions underpinning its design, conduct and report …

Qualitative research provides important insights into the experiences and perspectives of
older people on end-of-life issues, but such research is methodologically and ethically …

Oral dryness (xerostomia) is a common problem to cancer patients1 and although there are
a number of treatments available few have been studied in the palliative patient by …

This paper reports on the experiences of a nursing-led research group,'The Palliative and
End of Life Care Research Group', within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the …

Ethical considerations in researching user views Researching user views has become a
central plank of UK cancer and palliative care policy, not least because it is recognized that …

There are many distinctive ethical characteristics, dilemmas, and potential barriers for
surgeons involved in palliative care research. Although some of these issues might not be …

Symptom management and palliative medicine have gained growing interest among
physicians and other health care providers. One reason might be the profound shift in …