Background The evaluation of interventions and policies designed to promote resilience,
and research to understand the determinants and associations, require reliable and valid …

Palliative care provision varies widely, and the effectiveness of palliative and hospice care
teams (PCHCT) is unproven. To determine the effect of PCHCT, 10 electronic databases (to …

To determine whether hospital-based palliative care teams improve the process or
outcomes of care for patients and families at the end of life, a systematic literature review …

Title. Evaluation of empathy measurement tools in nursing: systematic review. Aim. This
paper is a report of a systematic review conducted to analyse, evaluate and synthesize the …

Background: Responses to bereavement may be influenced by characteristics such as age
or gender, but also by factors like culture and religion. Aim: A systematic review was …

Palliative and hospice care has rapidly expanded, so that by January 2000 there were over
6560 service teams in 87 countries, with 933 teams in the UK, over 3600 in North America …

Objectives. To assess whether risk-communication interventions are associated with
changes in patient knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, and to identify aspects of these …

Goals of work Patients diagnosed with cancer need education as they face complex
decisions. There is limited evidence about the impact of new educational technologies for …

Title. Adequacy of health‐related quality of life measures in children under 5 years old:
systematic review Aim. This paper is a report of a systematic review to assess the adequacy …

The 'weight of evidence'in a topic area can be judged by assessing the 'Signal'from
available research publications and tempering the importance attached by the level of …