Here is a convenient index of articles that have appeared in recent issues of the journal. The article titles are presented, with the keyword given first. Click on any title to find out more about the content . . .
To search for a word in an article title, use the find command in your browser menu bar.
 

Article title

Issue

Abdominal X-rays: Are abdominal X-rays useful in palliative medicine?

16.1

Adolescence: Palliative care in adolescence

2.2

Advance directives – the ethical pros and cons

10.3

Africa: Advancing palliative care research in sub-Saharan Africa: from Venice to Nairobi

15.5

Africa: Making it real: advances in palliative care in Africa

15.1

Aging: Aging, pain and palliative care

13.3

AIDS: Developing palliative care services for patients with AIDS

4.4

AIDS: Octreotide in treatment of AIDS-related symptoms

1.1

AIDS: The changing face of terminal care for AIDS

9.6

AIDS: The management of AIDS dementia complex

5.4

Akathisia: Acute akathisia in palliative care

12.1

Albania: The development of terminal care in Albania

8.6

Anaemia and blood transfusions in palliative care

10.2

Anaemia: The management of anaemia

6.5

Analgesia: A new 24-hour morphine hydrogel suppository

7.5

Analgesia: A new treatment option for chronic cancer pain

1.1

Analgesia: An overview of opioids in palliative care: part 1

13.6

Analgesia: Analgesic blocks in palliative care

2.3

Analgesia: Analgesic use in patients with renal failure

7.6

Analgesia: Assessment and treatment of pain in children in palliative care

1.1

Analgesia: Cannabis and pain control

11.6

Analgesia: Conversion formula for transdermal fentanyl

5.3

Analgesia: End-of-life patient-controlled analgesia at home

12.1

Analgesia: Gabapentin as an analgesic

8.2

Analgesia: International control of opioids for medical use

4.6

Analgesia: Intraspinal opioids and local anaesthetics for cancer pain

1.4

Analgesia: Is corticosteroid prescribing appropriate in palliative care?

13.5

Analgesia: Is the WHO analgesic ladder active or archaic?

15.4

Analgesia: Latin American survey on the treatment of cancer pain

13.6

Analgesia: Managing phantom limb pain

13.2

Analgesia: Methadone: an alternative conversion regime

9.3

Analgesia: Methadone: the analgesic

12.5

Analgesia: Modified-release opioids

8.4

Analgesia: Morphine – doctors’ beliefs and the myths

7.5

Analgesia: Neurolytic coeliac plexus block in the treatment of abdominal cancer pain

11.4

Analgesia: Neurotoxic effects of opioids

3.4

Analgesia: NSAIDs: are they effective in treating cancer pain?

11.1

Analgesia: Opioid analgesia: new insights

13.5

Analgesia: Opioids and the control of breathing: what do we know?

13.2

Analgesia: Oral ketamine in patients with difficult cancer pain

12.2

Analgesia: Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for the management of breakthrough pain

8.1

Analgesia: Oxycodone: a review of the literature

8.3

Analgesia: Pain therapy in Pancoast’s syndrome

2.4

Analgesia: Patient-controlled analgesia in cancer pain

3.3

Analgesia: Rapid opioid titration in severe cancer pain

12.1

Analgesia: Recommendations for the use of non-analgesic drugs in palliative care

10.6

Analgesia: Sustained-release morphine sulphate in cancer pain

9.4

Analgesia: Syringe drivers and subcutaneous sites: a review

13.4

Analgesia: The modern history of morphine use in cancer pain

12.4

Analgesia: The physiology of somatostatin and its synthetic analogue, octreotide

1.1

Analgesia: The role of anticonvulsants in palliative care

4.1

Analgesia: The role of ketamine in pain control

3.4

Analgesia: The role of nebulised drugs in palliating respiratory symptoms of malignant disease

2.1

Analgesia: The treatment of morphine-induced constipation

5.1

Analgesia: The use of antitussive drugs in terminally ill patients

11.6

Analgesia: The use of implantable pumps in palliative care

13.2

Analgesia: The use of levomepromazine in palliative care

12.1

Analgesia: The use of methadone in the care of the dying

4.5

Analgesia: The use of NSAIDs in patients with cancer: just how safe is it?

8.5

Analgesia: Tramadol – a step towards the ideal analgesic?

2.2

Analgesia: Tramadol and cancer pain

9.2

Analgesia: Transdermal opioid control of cancer pain

3.4

Analgesia: Treatment of bone pain with bisphosphonates

1.4

Analgesia: WHO analgesic ladder – or lift?

10.3

Anorexia: Treating cancer patients with anorexia-cachexia syndrome

14.5

Anorexia: Treating the anorexia of cancer

5.6

Antibiotics: Antibiotic choices in palliative care

4.1

Antibiotics: Antibiotics and palliative care

13.1

Antibiotics: How effective are parenteral antibiotics in hospice patients?

15.3

Architecture: Palliative care and architecture: from hospital to people

5.4

Art therapy: The value of art therapy – case studies from France

16.1

Art: Understanding children’s pain through drawings

7.6

Arts: All-consuming pain

8.6

Arts: An innovative, practical course in the medical humanities

8.5

Arts: Ars moriendi: images of death in Spanish art

4.5

Arts: Bringing the arts to the bedside

11.6

Arts: Creativity and coming of age

7.4

Arts: Empathy, creativity and the arts in palliative care

6.3

Arts: Providing scope for creative growth in palliative care

8.4

Arts: Teaching through artwork in terminal care

9.1

Ascites: A review of the management of malignant ascites

12.2

Ascites: Controlling malignant ascites

8.5

Aspiration, pleural: Improving aspiration technique

8.2

Assessment tools: Examining the comfort of the unconscious patient

9.6

Assessment tools: Methods for assessing physical functioning in cancer patients

15.4

Assessment tools: Monitoring a hospital palliative care team using the PACA tool

13.2

Assessment tools: Symptom assessment in terminally ill cancer patients

15.2

Assessment: Patient self-assessment or carer assessment: are these the only options?

7.1

Attitudes to death: Mortality, metaphors and the media

7.6

Attitudes to death: Now and at the hour of our death: the Ars moriendi and modern dying

8.5

Audit of deaths: Ensuring that patients are able to die a good death

11.4

Audit: Access to specialist palliative care for cancer patients

13.2

Audit: Auditing palliative care in general practice

3.3

Audit: Monitoring quality in an acute hospital-based palliative care service in Singapore

15.5

Audit: Organisational audit for specialist palliative care services

1.4

Auditory hallucinations: How common are auditory hallucinations in palliative care?

11.3

Behavioural problems in palliative care patients

11.2

Belgium: Palliative care associations – the Belgian experience

10.6

Belgium: Palliative day care in Belgium: first observations

12.4

Belgium: Specialist palliative care training in Belgium

6.4

Benefits: An audit of welfare benefits advocacy services in a hospice

13.1

Bereavement – a social phenomenon?

8.6

Bereavement in the classroom

11.1

Bereavement visiting in the community

12.2

Bereavement: A metal strongbox – a metaphor for use in bereavement work

8.1

Bereavement: A skills course for volunteer bereavement counsellors

15.3

Bereavement: Bereaved children’s support groups: where are we now?

7.4

Bereavement: Children and bereavement – what are the issues?

1.1

Bereavement: Death, bereavement and stepfamilies

11.5

Bereavement: Developing a multi-agency bereavement service

9.4

Bereavement: Grief in children

2.2

Bereavement: Group work with bereaved children

1.3

Bereavement: Helping children work through their grief

3.2

Bereavement: Hospice-based groups for bereaved siblings

3.1

Bereavement: Involving volunteers in bereavement counselling

5.2

Bereavement: Loss and palliative care

14.1

Bereavement: Saying goodbye

2.1

Bereavement: Supporting bereaved people with intellectual disabilities

12.6

Bereavement: Symbolic death as grief therapy

3.1

Bereavement: Symbolic death as grief therapy: Part II

3.2

Bereavement: Teaching children to understand death and grieving

9.6

Bereavement: Teamwork with families facing bereavement

1.4

Bereavement: The case study masterclass: Case 14. A complex bereavement after the death of a patient with learning difficulties

11.2

Bereavement: The provision of grief services by primary care physicians

13.4

Bereavement: The role of bereavement counselling in hospice work

7.1

Bereavement: UK bereavement services for children and young people

12.5

Bereavement: Working with children facing bereavement as individuals

1.2

Bisphosphonates: The use of bisphosphonates in palliative care

7.2

Body image: Body image and the impact of terminal disease

4.5

Bone metastases: Imaging of skeletal metastases

6.3

Bone metastases: The diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases

14.2

Book review: Being old is different: person-centred care for old people

15.5

Book review: Death and dying: a sociological introduction

14.6

Book review: Euthanasia and law in Europe

15.6

Book review: Palliative Care Formulary Third Edition

16.3

Book review: The common sense guide to improving palliative care

15.4

Bowel obstruction: Malignant bowel obstruction

8.4

Bowel obstruction: Malignant bowel obstruction in advanced and terminal cancer patients

1.1

Brain tumour: The case study masterclass: Case 28. Another challenging patient with a primary brain tumour

13.5

Brain tumours: Convulsive seizures in patients with brain tumours

14.1

Brain tumours: Malignant brain tumours and palliative care

9.1

Brain tumours: Specialist occupational therapy for patients with brain tumour

16.2

Brain tumours: The case study masterclass: Case 8. Is palliative care always helpful?

10.2

Breakthrough Cancer Pain (BTcP) Treatment: Challenges and New Solutions in Breakthrough Cancer Pain (BTcP) Treatment

16.3:Sponsoredsupplement

Breakthrough pain: Challenges in the management of breakthrough pain

8.6:Sponsoredsupplement

Breakthrough pain: Current thinking in the management of cancer breakthrough pain

12.5:Sponsoredsupplement

Breakthrough pain: Realising unmet needs in breakthrough pain

14.1

Breakthrough pain: The management of breakthrough cancer pain: is current practice best practice?

13.1

Burn-out: Suffering – a problem that also affects nurses

10.2

Burnout – what is at stake?

2.1

Burnout: Recent research into staff stress in palliative care

4.3

Cambodia: A palliative care unit for AIDS and cancer sufferers in Cambodia

13.6

Canada: Palliative care in Canada

5.4

Canada: The evolution of palliative medicine education in Canada

6.6

Cancer: Paracetamol allergy in a patient with advanced cancer

15.1

Cancer: Prognosis in patients with advanced incurable cancer

14.4

Cancer: The cancer care triangle

11.3

Carcinoma: The case study masterclass: Case 1. Carcinoma of the gastric fundus

9.1

Cardiac failure: Breathlessness and fatigue in cardiac failure

11.1

Care homes: Raising standards for elderly people dying in care homes

14.6

Care homes: Supporting palliative care in care homes – the way forward?

12.2

Care pathway: Developing an integrated care pathway for the dying patient

4.6

Caring: Keeping the balance

9.1

Caring: Taking care

7.1

Cerebral metastases: The management of cerebral metastases

5.1

Chemotherapy: The case study masterclass: Case 30. And baby came too: Lucy’s story

14.1

Chemotherapy: the palliative role

5.5

Chile: Palliative care in Chile

4.4

Cicely Saunders – a voice for the voiceless

12.5

Cicely Saunders: A weekend at St Christopher’s

1.2

Clinical supervision can benefit palliative care

15.4

Colombia: Why dying at home indicates unmet needs in Colombia

15.3

Colon: The case study masterclass:. Case 2. Adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon

9.2

Comment: A chance for end-of-life care to become mainstream

15.6

Comment: A long and winding road

14.6

Comment: Bringing palliative care on to the European agenda

16.2

Comment: Equity of access

15.1

Comment: It is our responsibility to promote care, not killing

16.3

Comment: Losing the label of elitism

14.4

Comment: Love and loss: a timely tribute

14.5

Comment: Meeting the challenge of palliation beyond cancer

15.5

Comment: New year, new direction?

14.2

Comment: Palliative care is no longer the Cinderella specialty

16.1

Comment: Respecting culture near the end of life

15.2

Comment: Who’s afraid of palliative care?

15.3

Communication – what works?, Family information and

12.6

Communication: Answering difficult questions

12.1

Communication: Bedside manner revisited: teaching effective interaction

1.2

Communication: Breaking bad news and the challenge of communication

4.2

Communication: Communicating palliative care through images

12.2

Communication: Hotline for palliative care

10.6

Communication: Language and speech

9.6

Communication: Overcoming language barriers in palliative care

14.2

Communication: Palliative care: only a phone call away

9.3

Communication: Sharing knowledge on the web: the Spanish experience

14.6

Communication: Speaking without words

6.3

Communication: The contribution of speech and language therapy to palliative care

6.4

Communication: The link between palliative and supportive care

13.5

Communication: Turning to palliative care

12.3

Communication: Video communication and palliative care at home

4.5

Communication: Videoconferencing and palliative care

7.5

Community care: Palliative care in general practice – a new initiative

1.1

Community hospital beds: What relevance do community hospital beds have for palliative care patients?

9.4

Community palliative care: The Gold Standards Framework in Community Palliative Care

10.3

Complementary medicine can benefit palliative care – part 1

15.5

Complementary medicine can benefit palliative care – part 2

15.6

Complementary therapy: Acupuncture in palliative care

7.2

Complementary therapy: Alternatives and complements

8.2

Complementary therapy: Art therapy and practice in palliative care

2.3

Complementary therapy: Art therapy and symptom control: a team approach

13.3

Complementary therapy: Ayurveda and palliative care

8.3

Complementary therapy: Caring clowning as a healing art in palliative care

10.5

Complementary therapy: Catharsis in palliative care

4.4

Complementary therapy: Cognitive behavioural therapy in the palliative care setting

12.4

Complementary therapy: Complementary medicine for patients with cancer

5.3

Complementary therapy: Complementary therapies in palliative care

3.4

Complementary therapy: Dance and movement therapy

6.2

Complementary therapy: Developing a cognitive behaviour therapy service

13.5

Complementary therapy: Do companion animals have therapeutic value?

8.2

Complementary therapy: Group music therapy for young bereaved teenagers

7.6

Complementary therapy: Learning to rest when in pain

9.2

Complementary therapy: Life review in palliative care

11.6

Complementary therapy: Mind–body therapies and the psycho-oncology debate

10.1

Complementary therapy: Palliative care and the need for a metaphysical approach

4.4

Complementary therapy: Psychodynamic counselling in specialist palliative care

4.3

Complementary therapy: Psychosocial support and therapy in cancer care

1.3

Complementary therapy: The supportive role of music

2.2

Complementary therapy: The use of touch in palliative care

3.3

Concordance: To take or not to take:

10.1

Consent: The implications of informed consent in palliative care

4.1

Continuity of care: Palliative medicine for all

8.6

COPD: A palliative approach for COPD and heart failure?

8.6

COPD: End-stage respiratory failure

10.3

Corticosteroids in palliative care

5.2

Corticosteroids: Management of the adverse effects of corticosteroids

11.2

Cost of care: Evidence-based medicine and the costs of palliative care

15.5

Cost of care: The effect of treatment choices on the total cost of palliative care

6.3

Counselling: Psychological needs and care in the hospice setting

2.3

Cremation: Modernity, Britain and the culture of cremation

7.4

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD): An overview of the care issues for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

10.1

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD): Nursing patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

10.1

Croatia: Palliative care in Croatia – an international collaboration

12.3

Cultural issues: Death, dying and burial rites in Islam

14.4

Cultural issues: End-of-life care for Muslims and Christians in Lebanon

15.1

Cultural issues: The case study masterclass: Case 32. Complex end-of-life care: cultural issues

14.3

Cystic fibrosis: Adults with cystic fibrosis

5.4

Cystic fibrosis: Can we provide effective palliative care for adults with cystic fibrosis?

9.4

Cystic fibrosis: The case study masterclass: Case 24. Managing a young woman with cystic fibrosis

13.1

Day care: Hospice day care

9.4

Day care: Promoting self-worth in the terminally ill

3.2

Day care: The case study masterclass: Case 29. Psychological care in palliative day care

13.6

Day care: What does palliative day care mean to you?

13.4

Day hospices: A review of the literature on hospice or palliative day care

12.5

Day hospices: The changing face of the day hospice

8.4

Day hospices: What do doctors actually do in the day hospice?

11.3

Death plans: Do-it-yourself funerals and The Natural Death Centre

8.2

Death plans: Facing death with confidence

9.3

Death rituals: Being present at the last moments of life

5.6

Death rituals: Between the living and the dead

8.4

Death rituals: Supporting the dying in myth and reality

3.2

Death: A philosophical consideration of attitudes towards death

12.5

Death: A room for dying in: patient’s need or nurse’s fantasy?

10.4

Death: Perceptions of existential experiences of death and dying

11.5

Death: Raising public awareness about planning a funeral

16.2

Death: Reflections on a ‘good death’ in palliative care

11.6

Death: The crisis of dying

2.1

Dehydration: Artificial hydration and nutrition at the end of life

7.6

Delirium in palliative medicine

2.2

Delirium in terminal illness

12.5

Delirium: Risk factors predicting the development of delirium

11.6

Delirium: The management of delirium in hospice practice

4.4

Dementia: Can palliative care improve the symptoms during the terminal phase of dementia?

11.3

Dementia: The case study masterclass. Case 16. A patient with rapidly progressive dementia

11.4

Denial, Working with the patient who is in

12.6

Dental care: The need for dental involvement in palliative care

13.3

Depression: Diagnosing and treating depression in the terminally ill

5.5

Depression: Diagnosis and treatment of depression in palliative care

9.5

Depression: The assessment and management of depression in the terminally ill

12.3

Depression: The assessment of depression in palliative care patients

6.5

Depression: The use of psychostimulants in terminally ill patients

8.6

Dermatitis: Irritant contact dermatitis and stomas in palliative care

14.2

Dermatology: A case of life-threatening dermatological emergency

15.4

Dermatology: Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes – Part 1

6.3

Dermatology: Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes – Part 2

6.4

Developments in palliative care: The next ten years

10.1

Diabetes: Practical management of diabetes mellitus

13.6

Diabetes: Treating diabetes mellitus in palliative care patients

10.5

Dignity: An exploration of the meaning of dignity in palliative care

5.6

Disabilities: Improving care for patients with intellectual disabilities

16.2

Disclosure: Does truth-telling influence patients’ psychological distress?

12.3

Disclosure: To tell or not to tell

9.5

Drooling: The use of botulinum toxin A to treat drooling in children

14.6

Drooling: Treatment of drooling

7.1

Drugs: The 20 essential drugs in palliative care

6.4

Dysphagia in advanced non-head and neck malignancy, Oropharyngeal

12.6

Dyspnoea and cough

7.5

Dyspnoea: Dyspnoea in cancer patients

13.4

EAPC Task Force on Family Carers: aims and objectives

16.2

EAPC task force on the development of palliative care in Europe: autumn 2004

11.6

EAPC: 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care

14.5

EAPC: 6th Congress of the EAPC: 22–24 September 1999

6.1

EAPC: An overview of the Lyon Congress

9.5

EAPC: An update on the Budapest Commitments

16.1

EAPC: Beyond the borders

12.2

EAPC: Beyond the borders – where do we go?

12.1

EAPC: Caution – risk of learning! A report from Trondheim

15.4

EAPC: Certainties and questions

10.3

EAPC: European views on palliative care

2.3

EAPC: Latest report from the EAPC Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe

13.4

EAPC: Lost in translation?

13.5

EAPC: One voice – one vision

10.2

EAPC: Palliative care development: a challenge for the future

14.3

EAPC: Risk of learning?

12.3

EAPC: Taking up the EAPC challenge

12.4

EAPC: The 7th EAPC Congress in the heart of Palermo

7.6

EAPC: The challenge of palliative care

9.3

EAPC: The development of the European Association for Palliative Care

4.5

EAPC: The EAPC Geneva conference revisited

7.2

EAPC: The EAPC: new developments for the new millennium

8.1

EAPC: The history and development of the EAPC: Part II

4.6

EAPC: Trends in palliative care in Europe – concepts and tools - Proceedings of a scientific symposium on the occasion of the 7th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) 1–5 April 2001, Palermo, Sicily

10.1:Sponsoredsupplement

Eastern Europe: Beacons in Eastern Europe

9.5

Eastern Europe: The Poznan Declaration 1998

6.2

Education and training: Assessing training needs to extend the scope of palliative care

8.1

Education and training: Between personal aspirations and professional skills

9.3

Education and training: Bridging the gap: European collaboration in palliative care education

10.6

Education and training: Educating the young

11.1

Education and training: Intercultural experiences of training in the Maghreb

12.1

Education and training: Palliative nurse education – towards a common language

11.4

Education and training: The educational needs of lay carers

5.6

Education and training: The goldfish bowl

11.2

Education and training: Training in palliative care

9.4

Education and training: Training of care home staff

10.4

Education: Education and training in palliative medicine in European Community member states

1.1

Education: Establishing an education programme in terminal care

14.1

Education: On the learning curve at Trinity Hospice

2.2

Education: Online courses for nurses working in palliative care

16.2

Education: Skill and attributes of doctors in palliative medicine: a study

2.4

Education: The International School for Cancer Care

3.1

Educational training: Teaching palliative care: a blended approach

14.4

Elderly care: Palliative care for older people

14.4

End-of-life care: Is palliative care synonymous with end-of-life care?

10.6

End-of-life care: Making sense of end-of-life distress

15.1

End-of-life care: The national end-of-life care strategy: a summary

16.1

Endocrine therapy in advanced malignancy

2.4

Equality: Anti-discrimination, emotions and professional practice

5.4

Error management in palliative care

10.3

Ethics and the transversality of hospital palliative care teams

6.2

Ethics for all – from enthusiasm to standards

6.2

Ethics: A question of ethics

10.4

Ethics: A review of the doctrine of double effect

5.4

Ethics: Did doctors defy Pope John Paul II’s wishes on treatment?

14.5

Ethics: Ethical decision-making in palliative care

4.4

Ethics: Ethical problems in nursing the terminally ill

2.4

Ethics: Ethical questions at the end of life

10.1

Ethics: Hospital ethics committees: a historical perspective and a modern Turkish example

14.6

Ethics: Palliative care and the principles of biomedical ethics

10.4

Ethics: Palliative care in Europe: towards a more comprehensive understanding

8.1

Ethics: Patients deciding to forgo or stop active treatment for cancer

12.3

Ethics: Science is the modern religion and we are its ministers

5.6

Ethics: Sedation and ethical contradiction

3.1

Ethics: The Calicut Declaration

5.3

Ethics: The case study masterclass: Case 39 answers. Facing an ethical dilemma

15.5

Ethics: The case study masterclass: Case 39. Facing an ethical dilemma in a patient with head and neck cancer

15.4

Ethics: The ethical approach to the caress at the end of life

12.4

Ethics: When the family demands the discontinuation of morphine

7.4

Ethnic minorities: Culture and ethnicity

6.2

Ethnic minorities: Palliative care for minority ethnic groups

11.1

Ethnic minority: Opening doors

2.1

Europe: Do we need Europe in everyday palliative care?

12.5

Europe: IIMPaCCT: standards for paediatric palliative care in Europe

14.3

Europe: Palliative care in Europe: experiences and the future

15.4

Euthanasia – a European debate

7.4

Euthanasia – good medical practice or murder?

6.4

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force

10.2

Euthanasia: another view

1.4

Euthanasia: Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards euthanasia

1.3

Euthanasia: Conclusions on euthanasia

1.3

Euthanasia: Decisions on life and death

1.2

Euthanasia: Legal matters concerning euthanasia at European level

12.2

Euthanasia: Palliative care and the euthanasia debate in Australia

5.1

Euthanasia: Regarding euthanasia

1.1

Euthanasia: Request for euthanasia: time to ask, time to listen

7.5

Euthanasia: Research on attitudes towards euthanasia in terminally ill patients

10.2

Euthanasia: Should euthanasia be an option in palliative care?

6.4

Euthanasia: The EAPC Ethics Task Force on Palliative Care and Euthanasia

13.2

Euthanasia: The myth of mercy killing

8.4

Euthanasia: Why I oppose euthanasia in exceptional circumstances

7.4

Evidence-based care: Evidence-based palliative care?

6.6

Evidence-based care: Need for increased evidence in palliative care

7.5

Evidence-based care: Scott’s Parabola applied to palliative care

11.3

Evidence-based care: The need for evidence-based proof in palliative care

9.3

Family care – new principles

2.1

Family care: Family meetings as a means of support for patients

14.3

Fatigue: Cancer-related fatigue during the cancer journey

14.3

Fatigue: The management of cancer-related fatigue

11.1

Fatigue: The treatment of fatigue in palliative care patients

10.6

Feeding tubes in palliative care

9.6

France: Putting the plans for French palliative care into action

10.1

France: SFAP: France is witnessing major developments in palliative care

16.2

Fungating wounds: Palliative management of fungating wounds

10.3

Fungating wounds: The case study masterclass: Case 5. Fungating carcinoma of the breast

9.5

Fungating wounds: The management of malignant wounds

7.4

Genetics: A focus on hereditary diseases

8.4

Genetics: Investigating genetic predisposition to cancer

7.5

Genetics: The case study masterclass: Case 34. Referring a patient with terminal

14.5

Geriatrics: End-of-life care for older people

10.4

Geriatrics: Special care for elderly patients

5.5

Germany: Diversity in palliative care between the UK and Germany

15.1

Germany: Nurse-led home care services for children in Germany

12.2

Germany: Palliative care in Germany – 14 years on

5.2

Greece: Development of a care programme for older people

13.5

Greece: Promoting palliative care in Greece

5.3

Guidelines: Palliative Cancer Care Guidelines in Scotland

1.3

Guidelines: The Scottish Guidelines

1.3

Gynaecological malignancy: Complications of radiotherapy for gynaecological malignancy

5.6

Haematology: The quality of terminal care in haematology

2.4

Haemoptysis: Treatment of haemoptysis in palliative care patients

10.4

Heart failure and palliative care

8.1

Heart failure: A palliative care approach for patients with heart failure

13.5

Hiccups: The treatment of hiccups in terminal patients

10.5

History of palliative medicine: Care of the dying in 18th century Spain – the non-hospice tradition

6.1

History of palliative medicine: European palliative care in the longue durée

8.3

History of palliative medicine: Palliative care history: a ritual process?

7.2

History of palliative medicine: St Joseph’s Hospice: then

8.3

History of palliative medicine: Tuberculosis, poverty and the first ‘hospices’ in Ireland

10.4

Home care: Continuing care in a university hospital setting

2.3

Home care: Cross-border care for oncology patients

4.1

Home care: Living alone and dying at home: a realistic alternative?

13.6

Home care: Palliative care at home in cancer patients in Milan

16.1

Home care: The benefits of home care for the terminally ill

4.3

Homeopathic approach to symptom control, Researching the

10.6

Hong Kong: Palliative care in Hong Kong

4.6

Hope: The role of hope in serious illness and dying

12.1

Hospice management – translating the vision

6.6

Hospice: The hospice of the future Part II

1.4

Hospice: Transferring patients from hospices to nursing homes

13.6

Hospices: Hospice gardens

6.1

Hospices: The hospice of the future

1.3

Hospices: The need for adjustable lighting in palliative care

4.3

Hospices: The UK Forum for Hospice and Palliative Care Services Overseas

9.2

Hospital palliative care team: Rituals of the hospital palliative care team

9.6

Hospital palliative care teams: Difficulties faced by hospital palliative care teams

6.1

Hungary: The development of terminal care in Budapest, Hungary

9.6

Hydration: Artificial hydration (AH) for people who are terminally ill

4.4

Hypercalcaemia: Bisphosphonate infusions for hypercalcaemia of malignancy

15.5

Hypercalcaemia: Management of cancer-associated hypercalcaemia

1.4

Hypercalcaemia: Pathophysiology of osteolysis: the putative mode of action of bisphosphonates

1.3

Hypercalcaemia: The case study masterclass: Case 27. A patient with refractory hypercalcaemia

13.4

Hypercalcaemia: Tumour-induced hypercalcaemia

9.1

Hypnosis: Clinical hypnosis in palliative care

3.2

Hypnosis: principles of use and benefits in palliative care

13.3

Hypnosis: Using hypnosis in palliative care: a clinician’s experience

16.2

Hypodermoclysis in palliative care, The use of

12.6

India: Palliative care in the developing world: a social experiment in India

13.2

India: Promoting effective palliative care in India

3.3

Infection control in hospices

10.2

Infection control: Palliative care in infectious diseases

1.2

Information (for patients): Final choices – the necessity for information

6.5

Information (for patients): Information needs of patients and families

9.3

Information (for patients): Information provision for palliative care families

11.4

Information needs: How are the carers being cared for? A review of the literature

15.4

Information needs: Information on palliative care from the family’s perspective

14.3

Information needs: Suffering and the end of life

9.1

Information technology in practice

6.1

Information technology: Implementing a patient administration system

7.1

Information technology: Navigating new information technologies

5.5

Innovations in palliative care: New horizons

9.4

Insomnia and sleep disturbances

9.1

Intensive care: The case study masterclass: Case 43 answers. Fulfilling a patient’s wish to go home from intensive care

16.3

Intensive care: The case study masterclass: Case 43. Fulfilling a patient’s wish to go home from intensive care

16.2

Intensive care: The relationship between palliative and intensive care

10.5

Intimacy: Intimate distance

5.2

Ireland: Has Ireland’s national policy benefited palliative care?

15.2

Ireland: Ireland attempts to change culture for care of the dying

14.6

Israel breaks new ground with law for the terminally ill

14.4

Italy: Palliative care in Italy in the new millennium

8.2

Italy: The National Health Service and the care for the dying

8.2

Judaism: Rituals of death and dying in Israeli Jewish culture

2.2

Latvia: The growth of palliative care for children in Latvia

11.3

LCP: Dutch experiences with the Liverpool Care Pathway

13.4

Learning difficulties, Caring for people with

12.6

Learning disabilities: Bereavement in people with learning disabilities

4.5

Learning disabilities: Going to the theatre to talk about cancer

12.3

Learning disabilities: Palliative care for people with learning disabilities

12.3

Learning disabilities: Reconnecting death and intellectual disability

12.1

Learning disabilities: Terminal care in an institution

11.4

Lebanon: The view from Lebanon

12.6

Leukaemia: The case study masterclass. Case 22. A patient with acute myeloid leukaemia

12.5

Leukaemia: The case study masterclass: Case 13. A man with no evidence of recurrent acute myeloid leukaemia

11.1

Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient, Adapting the

12.6

Liverpool Care Pathway: Adapting the Liverpool Care Pathway for intensive care units

16.3

Living wills: studying the Dutch experience

3.4

Lung cancer: The case study masterclass: Case 10. Presentation of lung cancer

10.4

Lung cancer: The case study masterclass: Case 3. Small cell lung cancer

9.3

Lymphoedema: Use of microsurgery in lymphoedema management

16.1

Lymphorrhoea in palliative care

4.2

Malodour: The management of malodour

5.5

Medicalisation: Routinisation and medicalisation

6.6

Melanoma: The case study masterclass: Case 15. A man with metastatic malignant melanoma and nausea

11.3

Mental capacity assessment of terminally ill patients

8.6

Mental capacity: Decision-making and the law for patients who lack capacity

16.1

Mental health: A social work perspective on palliative care for people with mental health problems

13.1

Mental health: Borderline personality disorder: challenges in the palliative care setting

16.1

Mental heath: Palliative care for people with mental health problems

13.5

Mesothelioma and asbestos – from magic mineral to public health disaster

10.5

Mesothelioma, The case study masterclass: Case 23. Difficult pain in a patient with

12.6

Mesothelioma: The case study masterclass: Case 36. A complex patient with a thymoma and severe paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome

15.1

Mesothelioma: The case study masterclass: Case 6. Mesothelioma

9.6

Midazolam infusions in palliative care, The use of

12.6

Mobile palliative care teams, Limitations and variations in

5.3

Morphine: Morphine metabolites: a review of their clinical effects

15.3

Motor neuron disease

8.1

Motor neurone disease: Palliative care for patients with MND/ALS

11.5

Motor neurone disease: The case study masterclass: Case 33. Managing an elderly, independent patient with motor neurone disease

14.4

Motor neurone disease: Tracheostomy ventilation in motor neurone disease

15.2

Multiculturalism: Catering for the needs of foreign patients

3.1

Multiculturalism: Cultural issues in palliative care

2.3

Multiculturalism: Symptom management in transcultural nursing

2.3

Music therapy: The role of music therapy in children’s hospices

14.3

Music therapy: Using music as a spiritual tool in palliative care

7.2

Myoclonus: Opioid-induced myoclonus

2.4

Nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer

5.2

Nausea and vomiting: Safer anti-emetic prescribing for the palliative population

11.2

Nausea and vomiting: Use of atypical antipsychotic olanzapine as an anti-emetic

12.4

Nausea: Octreotide in terminal malignant obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract

1.1

NCHSPCS: Achievements and intentions – the work of the NCHSPCS

3.3

Netherlands: Developments in palliative care services in the Netherlands

11.1

Netherlands: Dutch GPs get 24-hour telephone advice on how to treat nausea and vomiting

15.6

Netherlands: NPTN: palliative care comes under the spotlight in the Netherlands

16.3

Netherlands: Palliative care for the terminally ill in the Netherlands: the unique role of nursing homes

6.5

New Zealand: The status of hospice and palliative care in New Zealand

7.5

NHS: Hospice and NHS partnership

11.6

NICE guidance: Improving palliative care

11.2

Nurse specialists: Redefining the role of the clinical nurse specialist

7.5

Nursing: Caring for the body at the end of life

12.5

Nursing: Choosing to nurse the dying

8.1

Nursing: Competency assessment in palliative

7.3

Nursing: The art of caring

8.5

Nutrition for terminally ill elderly patients

1.2

Nutrition: Artificial nutrition at the end of life: is it justified?

13.5

Nutrition: Is there still any pleasure in eating for palliative care patients?

11.2

Nutrition: Nutritional issues in advanced cancer

6.2

Nutrition: The nutritional aspects of palliative care

13.5

Obituary: Homage to Vittorio Ventafridda

16.1

Occupational therapy in a hospice inpatient unit

11.5

Occupational therapy: Home assessment before discharge from a palliative care unit

1.2

Occupational therapy: The role of the occupational therapist in palliative care

6.5

Occupational therapy: The use of an occupational therapy programme within a palliative care setting

9.1

Opioid-induced constipation

15.6:Sponsoredsupplement

Opioid-induced constipation: Clinical practice recommendations for the management of constipation in palliative care: what do they mean for opioid-induced constipation?

16.1:Sponsoredsupplement

Opioid-induced constipation: Targeted management of opioid-induced constipation: the role of the novel, peripherally acting, mu-opioid receptor antagonist methylnaltrexone bromide

15.6:Sponsoredsupplement

Opioids: An overview of opioids in palliative care: part 2

14.1

Opioids: Opioid use in the last days of life: what is good practice?

16.3

Opioids: The case study masterclass: Case 37. A patient with severe opioid-induced pain

15.2

Opioids: The case study masterclass: Case 42 answers. An elderly patient with opioid-induced constipation

16.2

Opioids: The case study masterclass: Case 42. An elderly patient with opioid-induced constipation

16.1

Oral candidosis: how to treat a common problem

10.2

Oral candidosis: The case study masterclass: Case 44. A recurrent case of pseudomembranous candidosis

16.3

Organ donation in palliative care

5.1

Organisation: Building a specialist palliative care library

9.2

Out-of-hours care: Out-of-hours palliative care – bridging the gap

7.1

Outcomes and visions

7.4

Outcomes: Assessing the outcome of palliative care

6.6

Oxygen therapy: Using oxygen therapy in the palliative care setting

14.3

Paediatrics: 1st Annual European Course on Palliative Care for Children

7.3

Paediatrics: A model for reflection in children’s palliative care

13.1

Paediatrics: Caring for terminally ill children in the home setting

10.5

Paediatrics: Childhood deaths in Italy

15.2

Paediatrics: Children’s needs: key figures from the Veneto region, Italy

15.6

Paediatrics: Determining the need for terminal care for children

9.2

Paediatrics: Helen House: a model of children’s hospice care

2.1

Paediatrics: Paediatric palliative care

13.1

Paediatrics: Paediatric palliative care – a personal perspective

5.3

Paediatrics: Palliative care for children in Poland

6.4

Paediatrics: Palliative care in Poland – the Warsaw Hospice for Children

13.1

Paediatrics: Practices in paediatric palliative care in Lebanon

15.4

Paediatrics: The Belarus Children’s Hospice

6.1

Paediatrics: The case study masterclass: Case 25. Palliative care of a paediatric patient with relapsed neuroblastoma

13.2

Paediatrics: The development of children's hospices in the UK

8.1

Paediatrics: The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland

10.3

Paediatrics: The evolution of palliative care for children in Greece

8.1

Paediatrics: The Mercer model of paediatric palliative care

12.1

Paediatrics: The view from a bridge

9.2

Pain and the use of opioids in treating elderly patients

15.1

Pain as an ethical and religious problem

4.2

Pain control: An audit of pain control in patients with malignant disease managed with oral opioids analgesics in six practices in England and Scotland

10.2:Sponsoredsupplement

Pain: Another pain management model for developing countries

13.3

Pain: Assessment of neuropathic pain in palliative medicine

14.4

Pain: Cancer pain management in Colombia

9.3

Pain: Cancer pain syndromes

7.6

Pain: Could shoulder pain be supra-scapular nerve entrapment?

13.3

Pain: Critical appraisal of invasive therapies used to treat chronic pain and cancer pain

7.4

Pain: Intractable pain in the terminally ill

4.2

Pain: Neuropathic pain in young children with cancer

3.3

Pain: Pain and suffering as existential questions in palliative care

1.1

Pain: Pain control in peripheral arterial occlusive disease

14.5

Pain: Patient transport: another source of pain

12.3

Pain: Social representations of pain

5.3

Pain: Terminal cancer pain

8.2

Pain: The case study masterclass: Case 12. Pain from head and neck cancer that was difficult for everyone

10.6

Pain: The case study masterclass: Case 26. Managing a patient with complex pain and adenocarcinoma

13.3

Pain: The DOLOPLUS® 2 scale – evaluating pain in the elderly

8.5

Pain: The pitfalls of visual analogue scales in palliative medicine

14.3

Pain: Treating pain and caring for children at the end of life

11.5

Pain: What is all this pain good for?

10.4

Palliative care services: Evaluating a palliative care consultation service

11.2

Palliative care services: Palliative care patients: what services do they really want?

15.6

Palliative care unit: The attending doctor and the palliative care unit

11.4

Palliative care: A movement full of promise

13.2

Palliative care: Dying for palliative care

4.3

Palliative care: How vignettes can aid social research in palliative care

14.6

Palliative care: Is specialist palliative care social work being neglected?

15.1

Palliative care: Syringe driver site reactions: a review of the literature

15.3

Palliative care: The construction of palliative care: experience and challenges

13.2

Palliative sedation: Can palliative sedation be a solution when a patient requests active euthanasia?

15.6

Paraneoplastic syndrome: Paraneoplastic syndromes in advanced malignancy

3.2

Paratonia: Discomfort and pain associated with paratonia

3.2

Paternalism: Can medical paternalism ever be justified?

8.4

Paternalism: Can patients’ relatives justify colluding with healthcare staff?

7.6

Patient choice: Managing expectations

10.5

Patient choice: The case study masterclass: Case 40 answers. A lung cancer patient with caring responsibilities making hospitalisation difficult

15.6

Patient choice: The case study masterclass: Case 40. A lung cancer patient with caring responsibilities making hospitalisation difficult

15.5

Patient choice: The dilemma of therapy

9.5

Patient choice: The recognition and respect of patient needs at the end of life

11.6

Patient histories: Recording lives: the benefits of an oral history service

16.3

Patient information: Designing and producing a patient leaflet on morphine

3.3

Patient records: A multidisciplinary approach to terminal care

9.1

Patient records: Summary Care Record – the Bury experience

16.3

Patient-centred care: Paradoxes in palliative care

7.3

Patient-centred care: User involvement in palliative care services

8.6

Patient-held records: ‘patient-led’ or ‘professionally led’?

9.5

Percutaneous nephrostomy in patients with cervical cancer

12.4

Physiotherapy: The contribution of physiotherapy to palliative care

7.3

Plastic surgery: Palliative plastic surgery

7.3

Pleural effusions: Malignant pleural effusions

6.1

Poland: A holistic approach to palliative care in Poland

14.2

Poland: The development of palliative care in Poznan, Poland

10.1

Pregnancy: Care for the dying mother-to-be

9.6

Prescribing: Nurse prescribing in the UK

1.1

Prescription: Spanish rules governing prescription of opioids

5.1

Prisoners: Providing palliative care for prisoners

13.6

Prisoners: The case study masterclass: Case 17. A prisoner with a history of drug abuse

11.5

Prisoners: The specialist palliative care of prisoners

5.3

Problem-solving: Balancing in palliative care

11.4

Prognosis: Prognostic factors in terminal cancer patients

1.3

Prognostication: How long have I got? – prognostication and palliative care

6.6

Prokinetic drugs: The use of prokinetic drugs in palliative care

2.4

Prostatic cancer: The case study masterclass: Case 9. Rapidly progressing prostatic cancer

10.3

Pruritus: Managing severe pruritus in cancer patients

14.3

Pruritus: The management of pruritus in palliative care patients

7.1

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Caring for patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei

11.4

Psychedelic drugs: Can psychedelic drugs play a role in palliative care?

15.5

Psychiatric institutions: Palliative care in psychiatric institutions

9.4

Psychology: A tailor-made psychological approach to palliative care

14.4

Psychology: Are patients’ psychological needs being met?

14.4

Psychosocial oncology: Psychosocial nursing – a new discipline in cancer care

3.1

Public health policy: Palliative care and its impact on public health policy

11.5

Quality of life in terminally ill cancer patients

9.6

Quality of life: Can we talk of quality of life just before death?

7.6

Quality of life: Measuring quality of life in patients with advanced cancer

11.3

Quality of life: Quality of life for all

5.1

Quality of life: Quality of life measures: practical considerations

14.2

Quality-of-life: The use of quality-of-life instruments in palliative care

9.2

Radioisotopes: Using radioisotopes for bone metastases

1.2

Radiotherapy fractionation in palliative care

6.4

Radiotherapy: The case study masterclass: Case 38. Severe tenesmus and anal pain as a result of radiotherapy

15.3

Radiotherapy: The role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in NSCLC

11.5

Rehabilitation in an inpatient palliative unit

1.4

Religion: A question of faith for the Hindu patient

7.3

Religion: Judaism and palliative care

6.5

Religion: Muslim beliefs regarding death and bereavement

10.1

Renal cell carcinoma: The case study masterclass: Case 19. A complex patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

12.2

Renal failure in palliative care patients

15.2

Renal failure: Pain management in patients with renal impairment

15.5

Renal failure: Symptom control for patients dying with advanced CKD

15.6

Renal failure: The case study masterclass: Case 4. Chronic renal failure

9.4

Renal: Decision-making for renal patients at the end of life

14.5

Repatriation: Returning foreign patients to their home country

3.4

Research: A platform for ideas

7.2

Research: An international collaboration for family carer research

13.4

Research: Conducting research in the palliative care population

11.1

Research: Ensuring the wellbeing of participants and researchers i

13.3

Research: Minimising gate-keeping in palliative care research

12.4

Research: New paradigm research in palliative care

5.4

Research: Reflections on evaluation research in palliative care

13.3

Research: Research training and palliative medicine

7.3

Research: The EAPC Research Network meets in Trondheim

15.3

Research: The language of diversity: controversies relevant to palliative care research

13.1

Research: The strengths and weaknesses of telephone interviews

16.2

Research: User involvement in cancer care research

13.6

Research: Using the concept of speed dating in research into illness

15.1

Resilience: Resilience in palliative care

13.1

Respite: A neurological respite programme in a specialist palliative care setting

12.5

Respite: An audit of respite provision in a palliative care setting

14.2

Restraints: Using restraints – definition, understanding and challenges

15.2

Resuscitation in the media: does it matter?

10.5

Resuscitation: CPR for people who are terminally ill

4.4

Resuscitation: Developing guidelines for resuscitation in terminal care

9.2

Resuscitation: knowing whether it is right or wrong

15.4

Resuscitation: Medically futile resuscitation: can it ever be justified?

12.5

Romania: An update on paediatric palliative care in Romania

14.6

Romania: Developing a paediatric hospice programme in Romania

11.2

Romania: The development of palliative care in Brasov, Romania

9.5

Russia: The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russia

10.2

Russia: The hospice movement in Russia

3.1

Saudi Arabia: Palliative care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

8.5

Saunders, Cicely: A voice for the voiceless

7.3

Sedation and terminal care

8.3

Sedation: Reflections on the use of sedation in terminal care

9.6

Serotonin syndrome: a hidden danger in palliative care

12.3

Service provision: Caring for young adults with rare neurological conditions