OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Palliative Medicine is 24. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A tribute to Derek Doyle and Cynthia Goh	613
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	76
Facilitators and barriers in using comics to support family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care at home: A qualitative study	58
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	50
Neuropalliative care for progressive neurological diseases: A scoping review on models of care and priorities for future research	47
Posttraumatic growth in palliative care settings: A scoping review of prevalence, characteristics and interventions	46
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	39
“Walk me through the final day”: A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day	38
Preserving the integrity of personhood in people with advanced cancer: An in-depth qualitative study among patients, relatives, and care professionals	37
Living experiences of people with advance cancer with low socioeconomic status: A systematic review of qualitative evidence	34
‘Saying goodbye’. . . A systematic integrative review of palliative caregiving in intergenerational living contexts	33
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	32
Mixed methods process evaluation of an advance care planning intervention among nursing home staff	32
Maybe for unbearable suffering: Diverse racial, ethnic and cultural perspectives of assisted dying. A scoping review	30
REstoring Sleep and Energy using a mulTimodal non-pharmacological intervention in advanced Cancer: A feasibility study (RESET-C)	30
The 13th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care	29
Parents’ experiences of being involved in medical decision-making for their child with a life-limiting condition: A systematic review with narrative synthesis	29
The experience of nurses when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening: A qualitative evidence synthesis	28
‘Sadly I think we are sort of still quite white, middle-class really’ – Inequities in access to bereavement support: Findings from a mixed methods study	28
The utility of the surprise question: A useful tool for identifying patients nearing the last phase of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
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
End-of-life experience patterns among older adults and their association with pain near death: A population-based study	25
Utilizing intricate care networks: An ethnography of patients and families navigating palliative care in a resource-limited setting	25
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	24