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• A phase II dose titration study of thalidomide for cancer-associated anorexia

• Access to palliative care services in hospital: a matter of being in the right hospital. Hospital charts study in a Canadian city

• Anxiety in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

• Assessment of Fatigue after Blood Transfusion in Palliative in Palliative Care Patients: A Feasibility Study

• Chemotherapy versus supportive care alone in pediatric palliative care for cancer: comparing the preferences of parents and health care professionals

• Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

• Development of Prognosis in Palliative care Study (PiPS) predictor models to improve prognostication in advanced cancer: prospective cohort study

• Does This Patient Have Medical Decision-Making Capacity?

• Effects by daily long term provision of ghrelin to unselected weight-losing cancer patients: a randomized double-blind study

• Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trial

• Effect and Safety of Transdermal Buprenorphine: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in 289 Patients with Severe Cancer Pain

• Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioral disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomized clinical trial

• Efficacy of Communication Skills Training for Giving Bad News and Discussing Transitions to Palliative Care

• Impact of standardized palliative care order set on end-of-life care in a community teaching hospital

• Implementing patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in palliative care - users’ cry for help

• Longitudinal perceptions of prognosis and goals of therapy in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: results of a randomized study of early palliative care.

• Mapping hospice patients’ perception and verbal communication of end-of-life needs: an exploratory mixed methods inquiry

• “Persistent Pain in Survivors of Torture: A Cohort Study”

• Reliability testing of the FAMCARE-2 scale: measuring family carer satisfaction with palliative care

• Role of Palliative Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Treating Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Advanced Cancer

• Specialist Physician Approaches to Discussing Cardiopumonary Resuscitation for Frail Older Adults: A Qualitative Study

• Statins in the Last Six Months of Life: A Recognizable, Life-Limiting Condition Does Not Decrease their Use

• Survey on the use of buprenorphine patches in the palliative care practice.

• Symptoms in the Month Before Death for Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Managed Without Dialysis

• The Effectiveness and Adverse Effects Profile of "Burst" Ketamine in Refractory Cancer Pain

• What does the answer mean? A qualitative study of how palliative cancer patients interpret and respond to the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System

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