OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Palliative Medicine is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A tribute to Derek Doyle and Cynthia Goh	408
Assessing the suitability of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT-Paediatric) for use with parents of children with a life-limiting condition: A qualitative secondary analysis	97
Facilitators and barriers in using comics to support family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care at home: A qualitative study	62
Neuropalliative care for progressive neurological diseases: A scoping review on models of care and priorities for future research	59
Posttraumatic growth in palliative care settings: A scoping review of prevalence, characteristics and interventions	57
What are we planning, exactly? The perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities, their carers and professionals on end-of-life care planning: A focus group study	53
Complexity and function of family involvement in advance care planning: A qualitative study of perspectives from people living with advanced cancer, family members and healthcare professionals	52
Resilience in advanced cancer caregiving. A systematic review and meta-synthesis	44
Views of patients with progressive illness and carers about the role of digital advance care planning systems to record and share information: A qualitative study	41
‘Saying goodbye’. . . A systematic integrative review of palliative caregiving in intergenerational living contexts	40
Preserving the integrity of personhood in people with advanced cancer: An in-depth qualitative study among patients, relatives, and care professionals	37
The experiences, perceptions, and support needs among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer and eating problems: An integrative review	36
Effect of continuous deep sedation on survival in the last days of life of cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study	34
“Walk me through the final day”: A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day	33
Palliative care volunteering: Pressing challenges in research	33
Maybe for unbearable suffering: Diverse racial, ethnic and cultural perspectives of assisted dying. A scoping review	31
Living experiences of people with advance cancer with low socioeconomic status: A systematic review of qualitative evidence	29
Corrigendum to Updating international consensus on best practice in care of the dying: A Delphi study	28
Facilitating equitable access to hospice care in socially deprived areas: A mixed methods multiple case study	28
Mixed methods process evaluation of an advance care planning intervention among nursing home staff	28
Identifying, exploring and integrating the spiritual dimension in proactive care planning: A mixed methods evaluation of a communication training intervention for multidisciplinary palliative care tea	27
The 13th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care	27
The experience of nurses when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening: A qualitative evidence synthesis	27
Differences in palliative care needs between cancer patients and non-cancer patients at the start of specialized palliative care: A nationwide register-based study	27
A rapid review of end-of-life needs in the LGBTQ+ community and recommendations for clinicians	26

What is the role of paramedics in palliative and end of life care?