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Outcomes of prognostication in people living with advanced cancer: A qualitative study to inform a Core Outcome Set by Spooner, Caitlin, Vivat, Bella, White, Nicola, Stone, Patrick

“…Studies of prognostication in advanced cancer use a wide range of outcomes and outcome measures, making it difficult to compare these studies and their…”
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Shared decision-making in palliative cancer care: A systematic review and metasynthesis by Rabben, Jannicke, Vivat, Bella, Fossum, Mariann, Rohde, Gudrun Elin

“…Background: Shared decision-making is a key element of person-centred care and promoted as the favoured model in preference-sensitive decision-making…”
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Palliative care specialists in hospice and hospital/community teams predominantly use low doses of sedative medication at the end of life for patient comfort rather than sedation: Findings from focus groups and patient records for I-CAN-CARE by Vivat, Bella, Bemand-Qureshi, Lucy, Harrington, Jane, Davis, Sarah, Stone, Patrick

“…Background: Little research has explored the detail of practice when using sedative medications at the end of life. One work package of the I-CAN-CARE research…”
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CSD Continuous Sedation Until Death; A Response to Changing Practices in the Use of Continuous Sedation at the End of Life: A Systematic Review of the Literature (Heijltjes et al., 2020) by Vivat, Bella, Twycross, Robert

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What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer? Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies by Spooner, Caitlin, Vivat, Bella, White, Nicola, Bruun, Andrea, Rohde, Gudrun, Kwek, Pei Xing, Stone, Patrick

“…Background: Studies evaluating the impact of prognostication in advanced cancer patients vary in the outcomes they measure, and there is a lack of consensus…”
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Identification and evaluation of observational measures for the assessment and/or monitoring of level of consciousness in adult palliative care patients: A systematic review for I-CAN-CARE by Krooupa, Anna-Maria, Vivat, Bella, McKeever, Stephen, Marcus, Elena, Sawyer, Joseph, Stone, Paddy

“…Background: The use of observational measures to assess palliative care patients’ level of consciousness may improve patient care and comfort. However, there…”
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Quality of life in primary sclerosing cholangitis: a systematic review by Marcus, Elena, Stone, Paddy, Krooupa, Anna-Maria, Thorburn, Douglas, Vivat, Bella

“…Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare bile duct and liver disease which can considerably impact quality of life (QoL). As part of a project developing…”
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Developing a Core Outcome Set for Prognostic Research in Palliative Cancer Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Spooner, Caitlin, Vivat, Bella, White, Nicola, Stone, Patrick

“…Studies exploring the impact of receiving end-of-life prognoses in patients with advanced cancer use a variety of different measures to evaluate the outcomes,…”
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Spiritual Care in Palliative Care by Best, Megan C, Vivat, Bella, Gijsberts, Marie-Jose

“…Palliative care has always included spiritual care, but the provision and inclusion of spiritual care within and across palliative care services…”
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Comment on Ramos-Rincon et al. Palliative Sedation in COVID-19 End-of-Life Care. Retrospective Cohort Study. Medicina 2021, 57 , 873 by Twycross, Robert Geoffrey, Wong, Aaron Kee Yee, Vivat, Bella

“…We read with interest the article by Ramos-Rincon and colleagues about patients with COVID-19 dying in acute medical wards in a Spanish University hospital…”
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The (im)possibility of being a breastfeeding working mother: experiences of Ecuadorian healthcare providers by Mendoza-Gordillo, Maria J., Bates, Benjamin R., Vivat, Bella

“…Background Throughout the twentieth century, public health agencies and expert healthcare professionals have recognized breastfeeding as the most nutritious…”
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Quality of life (QoL) for people with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC): a pragmatic strategy for identifying relevant QoL issues for rare disease by Marcus, Elena, Stone, Patrick, Thorburn, Douglas, Walmsley, Martine, Vivat, Bella

“…Background Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare incurable disease of the bile ducts and liver which can significantly impair quality of life (QoL)…”
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Tools Measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed after Death: Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties by Kupeli, Nuriye, Candy, Bridget, Tamura-Rose, Gabrielle, Schofield, Guy, Webber, Natalie, Hicks, Stephanie E., Floyd, Theodore, Vivat, Bella, Sampson, Elizabeth L., Stone, Patrick, Aspden, Trefor

“…Introduction Measuring the quality of care at the end of life and/or the quality of dying and death can be challenging. Some measurement tools seek to assess…”
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What Do Palliative Care Professionals Understand as Spiritual Care? Findings from an EAPC Survey by Vivat, Bella, Lodwick, Rebecca, Merino, Maria Teresa Garcia-Baquero, Young, Teresa

“…From its inception palliative care has been understood as addressing four dimensions: physical, social, emotional/psychological, and spiritual/religious…”
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Do palliative care patients and relatives think it would be acceptable to use Bispectral index (BIS) technology to monitor palliative care patients' levels of consciousness? A qualitative exploration with interviews and focus groups for the I-CAN-CARE research programme by Krooupa, Anna-Maria, Stone, Patrick, McKeever, Stephen, Seddon, Kathy, Davis, Sarah, Sampson, Elizabeth L, Tookman, Adrian, Martin, Jonathan, Nambisan, Vinnie, Vivat, Bella

“…Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring uses electroencephalographic data as an indicator of patients' consciousness level. This technology might be a useful adjunct…”
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Advanced Breast Cancer Patients' Perceptions of Decision Making for Palliative Chemotherapy by GRUNFELD, Elizabeth A, MAHER, E. Jane, RICHARDS, Michael A, RAMIREZ, Amanda J, BROWNE, Susannah, WARD, Pippa, YOUNG, Teresa, VIVAT, Bella, WALKER, Gay, WILSON, Cathy, POTTS, Henry W, WESTCOMBE, Alex M

“…To examine advanced breast cancer patients' perceptions of the key decision-making consultation for palliative chemotherapy. One hundred two women with…”
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Study protocol: delayed intervention randomised controlled trial within the Medical Research Council (MRC) Framework to assess the effectiveness of a new palliative care service by Higginson, Irene J, Vivat, Bella, Silber, Eli, Saleem, Tariq, Burman, Rachel, Hart, Sam, Edmonds, Polly

“…Palliative care has been proposed to help meet the needs of patients who suffer progressive non-cancer conditions but there have been few evaluations of…”
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Systematic review of the health-related quality of life issues facing adolescents and young adults with cancer by Sodergren, Samantha C., Husson, Olga, Robinson, Jessica, Rohde, Gudrun E., Tomaszewska, Iwona M., Vivat, Bella, Dyar, Rebecca, Darlington, Anne-Sophie

“…Purpose For adolescents and young adults (AYAs), the impact of a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment is likely to be distinct from other age groups given…”
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End-of-life care for homeless people: A qualitative analysis exploring the challenges to access and provision of palliative care by Shulman, Caroline, Hudson, Briony F, Low, Joseph, Hewett, Nigel, Daley, Julian, Kennedy, Peter, Davis, Sarah, Brophy, Niamh, Howard, Diana, Vivat, Bella, Stone, Patrick

“…Background: Being homeless or vulnerably housed is associated with death at a young age, frequently related to medical problems complicated by drug or alcohol…”
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Implementing spiritual care at the end of life: the UK by Vivat, Bella

“…In our occasional series on the implementation of spiritual care at the end of life, after the Netherlands and Italy, we take a look at the situation in the…”
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