期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2022; 36 (3)
Background: Cancer not only affects cancer patients' quality of life but also their family caregivers'. A WeChat-based Dyadic Life Review Program was ......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2022; 36 (2)
Background: Advanced cancer patients often present with numerous eating problems, posing a significant challenge for family caregivers during the prov......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2021; 35 (6)
Background: Oral morphine is frequently used for breakthrough pain but the oral route is not always available and absorption is slow. Transmucosal dia......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2021; 35 (6)
Background: Delivery of community-based end-of-life care for patients and family members has been recognized as an important public health care approa......
Background: Gamification has been adopted in the health care field for broaching sensitive topics and increasing motivation for behavior changes. Game......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2021; 35 (2)
Background: Although the culture in burns/critical care units is gradually evolving to support the delivery of palliative/end of life care, how clinic......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2021; 35 (3)
Background: Understanding the determinants of the intensity of informal care may assist policy makers in the identification of supports for informal c......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2020; 34 (4)
Background: Spiritual support should be offered to all patients and their families regardless of their affiliated status with an organized religion. A......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2018; 32 (1)
Background: Effective patient-family communication can reduce patients' psychosocial distress and relieve family members' current suffering and their ......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2018; 32 (2)
Background: Studies have shown positive clinical outcomes of specialist palliative care for end-stage heart failure patients, but cost-effectiveness e......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2018; 32 (7)
Background: Terminal illness not only causes physical suffering but also spiritual distress. Spiritual care has been widely implemented by healthcare ......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2018; 32 (8)
Background: Costs of medical care have been found to be highest at the end of life. Aim: To evaluate the effect of provider reimbursement for hospice ......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2017; 31 (10)
Background: Life review interventions have been used to alleviate psycho-spiritual distress in people near the end of life. However, their effectivene......
期刊： PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2017; 31 (5)
Background: Studies have indicated that family members or health professionals may not know or predict their older relatives' or patients' health pref......
