Podcasts by SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

Integrating lived experiences of out-of-hours health services for people with palliative and end-of-life care needs with national datasets for people dying in Scotland in 2016: a mixed methods, multi-stage design from 2022-02-01T07:01:49

This episode features Professor Scott Murray (Primary Palliative Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK).

People living at home with advanced progressive illness...

Patient Perspectives on States Worse Than Death: A Qualitative Study with Implications for Patient-Centered Outcomes and Values Elicitation from 2022-02-01T06:57:29

This episode features Dr Catherine Auriemma (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania).

Prior surveys and limited qualitative work have identi...

Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in community-based settings: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis from 2022-02-01T06:54:58

This episode features Madeleine Juhrmann (Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. HammondCare Centre for Learning and Research in Palliative Care, Greenwich Hospi...

Adaptation and continuous learning: integrative review of coping strategies of palliative care professionals from 2022-02-01T06:52:09

This episode features Prof. María Arantzamendi (Institute for Culture and Society, ATLANTES, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain).


Coping is essential to manage ...

‘It feels it’s wasting whatever time I’ve got left’: A qualitative study of living with treatable but not curable cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2022-02-01T06:48:56

This episode features Dr Eloise Radcliffe (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) and Aysha Khan (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK)


People living with c...

Arts engagement facilitated by artists with individuals with life-limiting illness: A systematic integrative review of the literature from 2022-02-01T06:45:24

This episode features Jennifer Baxley Lee (Ulster University, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Northern Ireland, UK University of Florida, Center for Arts in Medicine, College ...

An online international comparison of palliative care identification in primary care using the Surprise Question from 2022-02-01T06:39:38

This episode features Dr Nicola White (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK), Dr Christina Gerlach (University Medical C...

Systematic Reviews for Scholarly Success: An interview with Malcolm Forbes from 2021-11-17T10:36:49

In this episode, guest Dr Malcolm Forbes tells the story of his scholarly project on neuroimaging in first episode psychosis (1, 2) and provides a how to guide on the systematic review ...

Asian patients’ perspectives on advance care planning: A mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework from 2021-11-16T10:47:24

This episode features Dr Diah Martina (Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands).


Asian he...

Unwelcome memento mori or best clinical practice? Community end of life anticipatory medication prescribing practice: A mixed methods observational study from 2021-11-16T10:30:40

This episode features Dr Ben Bowers (Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK).


The prescribing of injectable a...

Racism in palliative care from 2021-09-02T11:55:35

This episode features Jamilla Akhter Hussain (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK),  Jonathan Koffman (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care and Re...

The ‘work’ of managing medications when someone is seriously ill and dying at home: A longitudinal qualitative case study of patient and family perspectives’ from 2021-09-02T11:50:06

This episode features Dr Eleanor Wilson (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research in End of Life Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medica...

Professionals’, patients’ and families’ views on the use of opioids for chronic breathlessness: A systematic review using the framework method and pillar process from 2021-09-02T11:42:29

This episode features Florence Reedy (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK).

Chronic breathlessness is a prevalent symptom...

Effectiveness of two types of palliative home care in cancer and non-cancer patients: a retrospective population-based study using claims data from 2021-07-13T06:14:34

Specialist palliative care staff’s varying experiences of talking with people with intellectual disability about their dying and death: A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews from 2021-06-11T08:06:33

This episode features Baby Foo (School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Dr Michele Wiese (School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Austr...

Emotional disclosure in palliative care: a scoping review of intervention characteristics and implementation factors from 2021-06-11T08:03:01

This episode features Daisy McInnerney (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK).


Emotional disclosure -based interventions c...

Healthcare professionals’ views of the use of oral morphine and transmucosal diamorphine in the management of paediatric breakthrough pain and the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial: a focus group study (DIPPER)' from 2021-06-11T07:55:54

This episode features Dr Liz Jamieson (Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School of Pharmacy, London, UK).


Oral morphine is the recommended...

Pharmacological strategies used to manage symptoms of patients dying of COVID-19: A rapid systematic review from 2021-06-11T07:45:07

This episode features Laura Health
(Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK).


COVID-19 has a mortality of between 1% and 2...

Dexmedetomidine for hyperactive delirium at the end of life: An open-label single arm pilot study with dose escalation in adult patients admitted to an inpatient palliative care unit from 2021-06-11T07:32:53

This episode features Benjamin Thomas

(Palliative Care Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia).


Terminal delirium is a co...

Sadness, despair and anger when a patient dies alone from COVID-19: A thematic content analysis of Twitter data from bereaved family members and friends from 2021-06-11T07:26:29

This episode features Dr Lucy Selman  (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK).


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‘Saying goodbye’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of online newspapers with implications for end of life care from 2021-06-11T07:15:10

This episode features Dr Lucy Selman  (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK).


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Tools to help healthcare professionals recognize palliative care needs in patients with advanced heart failure: a systematic review from 2021-04-12T06:52:38

This episode features Dr Stephanie Ament (Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands).

Ide...

Video-based online interviews for palliative care research: A new normal in COVID-19? from 2021-03-30T08:38:21

This episode features Dr Geraldine Foley (Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland). Gerladine provides...

“Hanging in a balance”: A qualitative study exploring clinicians’ experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit from 2021-02-01T04:52:09

This episode features Jonathan Bayuo (Presbyterian University College, Abetifi, Eastern, Ghana and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong).

The immediacy of death ...

The palliative care needs and experiences of people with advanced head and neck cancer: A scoping review from 2021-01-05T12:57:37

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK).

Advanced head and neck cancer patients have specific challenges due to the impact of the illness ...

Making the best of multidisciplinary care for patients with malignant fungating wounds: A qualitative study of clinicians’ narratives from 2021-01-05T12:31:58

This episode features Jeanna Qiu (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA).

Maintaining quality of life for patients with malignant fungating wounds requires collaboration of divers...

How to measure the effects and potential adverse events of palliative sedation? An integrative review from 2020-12-23T14:59:48

Complementary therapy in palliative care: A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews from 2020-10-23T08:20:21

This episode features Dr Bridget Candy (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK).

A systematic review of effec...

The pervasive relevance of COVID-19 within routine paediatric palliative care consultations during the pandemic: A conversation analytic study from 2020-10-23T06:34:06

This episode features Dr Katie Ekberg (School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Dr Anthony Herbert (School of Early Childhood and In...

My wife is my doctor at home’: A qualitative study exploring the challenges of home-based palliative care in a resource-poor setting from 2020-10-22T06:44:30

This episode features Dr Yakubu Salifu (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, U...

This is your golden time. You enjoy it and you’ve plenty time for crying after’: How dysphagia impacts family caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A qualitative study from 2020-08-28T11:55:29

This episode features Dr Dominika Lisiecka (Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, School of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Technology Tralee, Tralee, Ireland).

Am...

Does the carer support needs assessment tool cover the established support needs of carers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A systematic literature search and narrative review from 2020-08-28T10:51:10

This episode features Kerry Micklewright and Dr Morag Farquhar (School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK).

Informal carers play a vital role in supporting p...

Nursing competencies across different levels of palliative care provision: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis from 2020-06-25T07:52:39

This episode features Minna Hökkä (Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, Medical Department, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland).

Palliative care is provided across a ...

Managing uncertainty and references to time in prognostic conversations with family members at the end of life: A conversation analytic study from 2020-06-25T07:52:06

This episode features Rebecca Anderson (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK).

Honest prognostic communicat...

The impacts and effectiveness of support for people bereaved through advanced illness: A systematic review and thematic synthesis from 2020-06-25T07:36:47

This episode features Dr Emily Harrop (Marie Curie Research Centre, Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK).

The support needs of people experiencing bereavement...

Do journals contribute to the international publication of research in their field? from 2020-06-25T07:29:31

This episode features Professor Catherine Walshe (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK).  Publication bias is known, but usually associated with direction of r...

A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of barriers and facilitators to paediatric symptom management at end-of-life from 2020-04-22T06:56:54

The palliative care needs of infants, children and young people differ to those of adults. The broad spectrum of paediatric life-limiting or life-threatening conditions mean that symptoms are va...

Understanding usual care in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions: A multi-method approach from 2020-03-17T07:12:13

This episode features Emel Yorganci (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, London, UK).  Usual care provided to patients is rarely described in detail in randomi...

Self-management of patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review of experiences and attitudes from 2020-03-16T12:04

This episode features Kim de Nooijer and Sophie van Dongen (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands).   Self-management has predominantly been studied in the context of chronic...

"Disease trajectories, place and mode of death in people with head and neck cancer: findings from the ‘Head and Neck 5000’ population-based prospective clinical cohort study from 2020-03-16T10:23:49

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK).  Few large studies describe initial disease trajectories and subsequent mortality in people with head and neck cancer. Th...

Drivers of care costs and quality in the last three months of life among older people receiving palliative care: a multinational mortality follow-back survey across England, Ireland and the USA from 2020-03-16T10:08:44

This episode features Dr Deokhee Yi (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King's College London). Large variation exists in the health service use near the end of life and a 10% of pati...

"Strategies for the implementation of palliative care education and organizational interventions in long-term care facilities: A scoping review" from 2020-03-13T11:27:07

This episode features Danni Collingridge Moore (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK). The provision and quality of palliative care delivered in lon...

The effectiveness of aromatherapy, massage and reflexology in people with palliative care needs: A systematic review from 2020-01-06T11:09:54

This episode features Dr Bridget Candy and Dr Megan Armstrong (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK). Aromatherapy, mass...

Online training improves medical students’ ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial from 2019-12-12T09:25:23

This episode features Dr Nicola White  and Dr Linda Oostendorp (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London (UCL), London, UK). Recognising...

Consumer and carer leadership in palliative care academia and practice: A systematic review with narrative synthesis from 2019-10-17T10:27:44

This episode features Brett Scholz (Medical School, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia).  Consumer involvement is required by policy at all levels of health services. Some...

Does inpatient palliative care consultation impact outcomes following hospital discharge? A narrative systematic review from 2019-10-01T09:14:22

This episode features Mary Scott (Ottowa Hospital Research Institute. Bruyere Research Institute). Many patients and families report improved satisfaction of care when palliative care when they ...

AJMQ 2019 Special Issue Podcast from 2019-09-06T20:10:10

Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats from 2019-07-26T14:21

This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK).  Medical robots have mainly been used to support surgical procedures ...

Do patients, families, and healthcare teams benefit from the integration of palliative care in burn intensive care units? Results from a systematic review with narrative synthesis from 2019-07-26T10:52:38

This episode features André Filipe Ribeiro (Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal). The number of patients with morbidities and other complex injuries due to burns has grown over the years. Thi...

Communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of patients approaching the end-of-life: A systematic review of qualitative evidence from 2019-07-22T10:47:12

This episode features Rebecca Anderson (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department,  University College London, London, UK).  Poor communication from healthcare professionals is a common co...

Multidisciplinary palliative care is effective in people with symptomatic heart failure: a systematic review and narrative synthesis from 2019-07-19T08:45:55

This episode features Professor Miriam Johnson (Hull York Medical School, UK). People with heart failure have poor access to palliative care. People with advanced heart failure have poorer acces...

Aromatherapy, massage and reflexology: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the perspectives from people with palliative care needs from 2019-07-03T14:21:32

This episode features  Dr Bridget Candy and Dr Megan Armstrong (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK) 
 
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The trajectory of functional decline over the last 4 months of life in a palliative care population: A prospective, consecutive cohort study from 2019-05-07T11:11:10

This episode features Deidre Morgan (Palliative and Supportive Services, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia).
 

Functional de...

It all depends: a qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers from 2019-05-07T10:55:56

This episode features Katrin Gerber ( National Ageing Research Institute & Queensland University of Technology).
 
Research  suggests that people generally would like to receive thei...

Implementing advance care planning with community dwelling frail elders requires a system wide approach from 2019-05-03T09:49:29

This episode features Sarah Combes (Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, UK).
 

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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 from 2019-03-11T13:15:31

This episode features Dr Bella Vivat (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL, London, UK) and Professor Paddy Stone (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL, London, U...

Assessing quality of care for the dying from the bereaved relatives’ perspective: Using pre-testing survey methods across seven countries to develop an international outcome measure from 2019-01-17T10:51:31

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK).
 
The Quality of Death Index showed variability in the international provision of care for the dying. In orde...

What does it take to deliver brilliant home-based palliative care? Using Positive Organisational Scholarship and Video Reflexive Ethnography to explore the complexities of palliative care at home from 2019-01-17T09:56:30

This episode features Dr Ann Dadich (Western Sydney University, Austrailia)

Specialist home-based palliative care can improve symptom management and quality of life and prevent hosp...

Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences from 2019-01-09T10:08:17

This episode features Dr Simon Etkind (Cicely Saunders Institute,  King’s College London, London, UK).
 
To be person-centred, care should take into account individual preferences. S...

Quality improvement priorities for safer out-of-hours palliative care: Lessons from a mixed-methods analysis of a national incident-reporting database from 2019-01-07T12:04:39

This episode features Dr Huw Williams ( Cardiff University, UK)

Around 2% –3 % of consultations in primary care are prone to patient safety incidents. Patients receiving palliative ...

Oral anticoagulation is preferable to injected, but only if it is safe and effective: An interview study of patient and carer experience of oral and injected anticoagulant therapy for cancer-associated thrombosis in the select-d trial from 2018-12-10T14:27:12

This episode features Dr Sophie Rees ( University of Warwick, Coventry, UK ) and Dr Ann Hutchinson ( University of Hull, Hull, UK )

Cancer patients are at an increased risk of throm...

Deep learning algorithms to identify documentation of serious illness conversations during intensive care unit admissions from 2018-11-27T12:27:41

This episode features Dr Alex Chan (Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA).

Routine assessment of many established qualit...

Do we prepare patients for their digital legacy? A survey of palliative care professionals from 2018-11-02T15:38:06

This episode features Dr Hazel Coop and Dr Clare Marlow (WM CARES (West Midlands Collaborative Actioning Research in End of life and Supportive care), New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK). Thi...

A qualitative exploration of patient and healthcare professionals’ views and experiences of palliative rehabilitation during advanced lung cancer treatment from 2018-10-15T13:41:54

This episode features Dr Cathy Payne (Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK).

This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences and per...

National comparative audit of red blood cell transfusion practice in hospices: Recommendations for palliative care practice from 2018-10-15T12:54:07

This episode features Dr Karen Neoh (St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK).

This national audit  aimed to determine national transfusion pract...

Pilot randomised controlled trial of focused narrative intervention for moderate to severe depression in palliative care patients: DISCERN trial. from 2018-10-12T09:02:25

This episode features Professor Mari Lloyd Williams (Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). ...

The ‘Cancer Home-Life Intervention’: A randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an occupational therapy–based intervention in people with advanced cancer from 2018-08-07T08:49:53

This episode features Marc Sampedro Pilegaard (The Research Initiative of Activity Studies and Occupational Therapy, Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of...

Duration and determinants of hospice-based specialist palliative care. A national retrospective cohort study from 2018-07-17T13:18:40

This episode features Matthew Allsop (St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK). This retrospective cohort study aimed to i...

Clinician-reported changes in octreotide prescribing for malignant bowel obstruction as a result of an adequately powered phase III study: A transnational, online survey from 2018-07-12T09:48:42

This episode features Professor David Currow (University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia. Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, University of Hull, Hull, UK). This transnational ...

A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews of palliative care patients views corneal donation and timing of its discussion from 2018-07-05T15:13:44

This episode features Dr Karen Neoh (St Gemma's Academic Unit of Palliative Care). This is the first study to interview hospice inpatients to explore their views about the corneal donation. The ...

What is the role of community at the end of life for people dying in advanced age? A qualitative study with bereaved family carers. from 2018-04-25T07:59:01

This episode features Merryn Gott (School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand). The aim of this study was to explore the role of community at end of life for people dyi...

The feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to compare the cost effectiveness of palliative cardiology or usual care in people with advanced heart failure to exploratory prospective cohorts. from 2018-04-10T14:47:41

This episode features Professor Miriam Johnson (Director, Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School). The aim of this study was to: establish cardiology led palliative ca...

“People don’t understand what goes on in here”: A consensual qualitative research analysis of inmate-caregiver perspectives on prison-based end-of-life care from 2018-03-16T15:40:07

This episode features Rachel Depner (Palliative Care Institute, The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, New York, USA). She reports on her study which aimed to (a) describe a prison-based end-...

Who cares for the carers at hospital discharge at the end of life? A qualitative study of current practice in discharge planning and the potential value of using The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) Approach from 2018-03-15T14:08:04

This episode features Professor Gunn Grande (University of Manchester, Manchester, UK). The aim of this qualitative study was to explore whether and how family carers are currently supported dur...

Understanding meaning in life interventions in patients with advanced disease: A systematic review and realist synthesis from 2018-01-22T15:16:24

This episode features Dr. Mariona Guerrero (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain). She reports on her systematic review which aimed to identify meaning in life interventions ...

What is the impact of population ageing on the future provision of end-of-life care? Population-based projections of place of death from 2017-12-15T14:16:38

This episode features Anna Bone (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London). This study aimed to project where people will die from 2015 to 2...

The under reporting of recruitment strategies in research with children with life-threatening illnesses: A systematic review from 2017-10-11T08:46:03

This episode features Briony Hudson (Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
 and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL...

A metasynthesis study of family caregivers’ transition experiences caring for community-dwelling persons with advanced cancer at the end of life from 2017-10-03T10:22:49

This episode features Wendy Duggleby (University of Alberta, Edmonton,  Canada) who describes a study which aimed to (a) explore the transition experience of family caregivers caring for persons...

Dying in the hospital setting: A meta-synthesis identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families describe as being important from 2017-09-04T13:23:45

This episode features Claudia Virdun (Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, NSW, Australia) who describes a study which aimed to gain a richer and deeper understandin...

Enteral feeding in Motor Neurone Disease/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Patients’ perspectives and impact on quality of life from 2017-08-23T14:48:19

This episode features Suresh Kumar Chhetri (Preston MND Care and Research Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK...

Electronic Palliative Care Co-Ordination Systems (EPaCCS): devising and testing a methodology for evaluating documentation from 2017-08-18T09:34:06

This episode features Professor Matthew Allsop (Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK) who describes a study that outlined and applied an evaluation framework to exa...

Distance education methods for palliative caregivers from 2017-07-18T13:55:01

This episode features Professor Liz Forbat (Australian Catholic University, Canberra, ACT, Australia) and Rachel Bilton-Simek (Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, Canberra, ACT, Australia). Together ...

What is the evidence for conducting palliative care family meetings? A systematic review from 2017-07-03T14:35:18

This episode features the work of Philippa Cahill et al (School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia) who describes a systematic review that examines the e...

Caregiver characteristics and bereavement needs: findings from a population study from 2017-07-03T08:18:10

This episode features the work of Professor David Currow et al (Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia) who describes a study which aimed to compare characteristics, expressed unmet needs ...

Parenting While Living with Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study from 2017-06-13T08:29:13

This episode features the work of Dr Eliza M Park et al (Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) who describes a study which aimed to des...

Doctors’ reports about palliative systemic treatment: A medical record study from 2017-05-08T11:43:52

This episode features the work of Dr Hilde Buiting et al (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam and Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht) who conducted a medical recor...

Palliative care delivery across health sectors: A population-level observational study from 2017-05-08T11:30:33

This episode features the work of Dr Peter Tanuseputro et al (Bruyère Research Institute and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada) who conducted a retrospective population-leve...

Implementing a patient-centred outcome measure in daily routine in a specialist palliative care inpatient hospital unit: An observational study. from 2017-05-08T11:13:10

This episode features the work of Dr Alze Tavares et al (Hospital Paulistano, Sao Paulo, Brazil) who conducted a study which aimed to implement a patient-centred outcome measure in daily practic...

Standardized patient simulation versus didactic teaching alone for improving residents’ communication skills when discussing goals of care and resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial. from 2017-03-27T12:41:25

In this episode Dr James Downar (University of Toronto, Canada) presents a study which aimed to determine whether standardized patient simulation offers benefit over didactic sessions alone for ...

Measuring the quality of life of people at the end of life: The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire–Revised from 2017-03-21T14:38:50

In this episode Professor Robin Cohen (Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada) presents a study which aimed to revise the McGill Quality of Life Questionna...

How does uncertainty shape patient experience in advanced illness? A secondary analysis of qualitative data from 2017-02-28T10:53:05

In this episode Simon Noah Etkind (King’s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK) presents the results of a secondary the...

Development of a measure (ICECAP-Close Person Measure) through qualitative methods to capture the benefits of end-of-life care to those close to the dying for use in economic evaluation from 2017-01-27T12:21:59

In this episode Dr Alastair Canaway (Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick) presents the findings of  study which aimed to develop an outcome measure suitab...

Differences in out-of-pocket costs of healthcare in the last year of life of older people in 13 European countries. from 2017-01-27T12:15:07

In this episode Yolanda Penders (End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium) presents a study which aimed to investigate the self-r...

Experiences of patients and caregivers with early palliative care: A qualitative study. from 2017-01-26T16:31:03

In this episode  Camilla Zimmermann (University of Toronto) presents the findings of qualitative study which aimed to determine, from a participant perspective, the experience of receiving early...

A call for increased paediatric palliative care research from 2017-01-24T09:05:09

In this episode Professor Myra Bluebond-Langner (Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care) discusses the challenges faced by researchers aiming to recruit children and young people (CY...

The palliative care related problems of tuberculosis from 2017-01-24T08:58:52

In this episode Dr Richard Harding (Kings College London) presents a study of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis. Specifically the study aimed to (1) identify most burdensome probl...

Patient and caregiver perspectives on managing pain in advanced cancer from 2016-11-21T17:10:42

Patient and caregiver perspectives on managing pain in advanced cancer

In this episode Mary Godfrey (Univer...