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Featured article: Supporting caregivers by evaluating risks and needs

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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1. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  16 December 2017

   Exploring the rewards and challenges of paediatric palliative care work – a qualitative study of a multi-disciplinary children’s hospice care team

   Authors:Johanna Taylor and Jan Aldridge
2. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  12 December 2017

   Impact of place of residence on place of death in Wales: an observational study

   Authors:S. R. Ziwary, D. Samad, C. D. Johnson and R. T. Edwards
3. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  11 December 2017

   ‘Worried to death’: the assessment and management of anxiety in patients with advanced life-limiting disease, a national survey of palliative medicine physicians

   Authors:N. Atkin, V. Vickerstaff and B. Candy
4. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  8 December 2017

   Exploring the characteristics of patients with mesothelioma who chose active symptom control over chemotherapy as first-line treatment: a prospective, observational, single centre study

   Authors:Anna C. Bibby, Duneesha De Fonseka, Anna J. Morley, Emma Keenan, Alfredo Addeo, Sarah Smith, Anthony J. Edey and Nick A. Maskell
5. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  8 December 2017

   Images of God and attitudes towards death in relation to spiritual wellbeing: an exploratory side study of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 validation study in palliative cancer patients

   Authors:Renske Kruizinga, Michael Scherer-Rath, Johannes B. A. M. Schilderman, Mariëtte Weterman, Teresa Young and Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven

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