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Featured article: Supporting caregivers by evaluating risks and needs

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Patients in palliative care receive an important support by caregivers. Their role is often demanding and there is therefore the necessity of providing an appropriate support. Assessment of risks and needs of caregivers led to the development of a targeted support plan that showed acceptability and usefulness in palliative care setting.

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   Better palliative care for people with a dementia: summary of interdisciplinary workshop highlighting current gaps and recommendations for future research

   Siobhán Fox, Carol FitzGerald, Karen Harrison Dening, Kate Irving, W. George Kernohan, Adrian Treloar, David Oliver, Suzanne Guerin and Suzanne Timmons

   Published on: 14 July 2017
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Ward social workers’ views of what facilitates or hinders collaboration with specialist palliative care team social workers: A grounded theory

   Janice Firn, Nancy Preston and Catherine Walshe

   Published on: 14 July 2017
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   The impact of antiretroviral therapy on symptom burden among HIV outpatients with low CD4 count in rural Uganda: nested longitudinal cohort study

   Katie Wakeham, Richard Harding, Jonathan Levin, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Anatoli Kamali and David G Lalloo

   Published on: 13 July 2017
5. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   The provision of generalist and specialist palliative care for patients with non-malignant respiratory disease in the North and Republic of Ireland: a qualitative study

   Clare Mc Veigh, Joanne Reid, Philip Larkin, Sam Porter and Peter Hudson

   Published on: 11 July 2017
6. STUDY PROTOCOL

   Strengthening primary health care teams with palliative care leaders: protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial

   Joan Llobera, Noemí Sansó, Amador Ruiz, Merce Llagostera, Estefania Serratusell, Carlos Serrano, María Luisa Martín Roselló, Enric Benito, Eusebio J. Castaño and Alfonso Leiva

   Published on: 10 July 2017

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