Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Pain and Symptom Management is 0. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Community Engagement in Palliative Care: A Lesson From the Lakshadweep Islands174
Patients Are More Than Their Educational Value168
Using Design Thinking to Promote Goals of Care Conversations With Seriously Ill Patients84
Sights and Sounds of Respiratory Changes During Hospice Death Vigils: Hospice Caregivers Experience72
Relationship Between Religion/Spirituality and the Aggressiveness of Cancer Care: A Scoping Review65
Efficacy and Safety of Ketamine to Treat Cancer Pain in Adult Patients: A Systematic Review60
Black Caregivers’ Symptom Management, Cultural, and Religious Experiences With Home Hospice Care57
Assessment of a zero-shot large language model in measuring documented goals-of-care discussions55
Culturally Adapted Consensus Definition and Action Guideline: Japan's Advance Care Planning49
Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS) – A Pilot47
Guided Mindfulness of Death to Reduce Fear of Death in Cancer Patients: Randomized Controlled Study46
Do Types of Opioids Matter for Terminal Cancer Dyspnea? A Preliminary Multicenter Cohort Study42
Should Age Matter? A 19 Year Old's Decision to Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment42
Home Hospitalization in Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer and Dementia: A Systematic Review42
Palliative Care Needs of Physically Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Heart Failure42
How Touching: Analysis of Expressive Touch by Medical Students To Simulated Patients38
Early Advance Care Planning in Young Adults Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation38
Table of Contents37
Who Am I? Creating a Co-curriculum for Training Physicians and Chaplains35
Empowering Providers in Navigating Opioid Prescribing Challenges on Hospital Discharge34
Needs Assessment for Palliative Care in the Emergency Department33
Managing the Challenges Associated With Refractory Lupus33
Ethical Dilemmas in Blood Transfusions, A Case Report in Palliative Care33
Compassionate Ventilatory Liberation for Patients in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital32
Palliation of Pain in a Pregnant Metastatic Cancer Patient: A Case Report32
Improving Nursing Provision of Care on High Acuity Units and Fostering Wellbeing (TH 2)31
Table of Contents30
Early Specialist Palliative Care in Patients with Metastatic Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study28
Is it Time to Rethink Pediatric Palliative Care Staffing to Optimize Access?27
Content and Comprehensiveness of Goals-of-Care Documentation in Pediatric Patients27
The Paradox of Palliphobia26
Novel Role of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Managing Chronic Cancer Pain26
Design and Implementation of a Primary Palliative Care Education Program for Hematology-Oncology Advanced Practice Providers: Insights From a Three-Year Cohort26
Challenges and Ethical Considerations of Palliative Care in Indian Prisons26
Effects of Exercise in Adults With Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis25
Implementing a Serious Illness Risk Prediction Model: Impact on Goals of Care Documentation24
Impact of an Institution-Wide Goals of Care Program on the Timing of Referrals to Outpatient Palliative Care24
“You Want to Shield Your Kids”: Patients’ and Their Adult-Children's Serious Illness Conversations24
Editorial Board24
Hospice Improves Last Month of Life Care Outcomes for Older Adults with Dementia (CO203B)24
Leading from the Heart24
Religion, Faith, and Spiritual Beliefs in Documented Goals of Care Conversations Following Acute Stroke (RP109)23
Mortality Risk Following End-of-Life Caregiving: A Population-Based Analysis of Hospice Users and Their Families (GP135)23
A Scoping-Review of Nurse-Led Research to Improve Advance Care Planning: A Call to Action (GP747)23
Symptom Control and Survival for People Severely ill With COVID: A Multicentre Cohort Study (CovPall-Symptom)23
PC-FACS July 202222
Broad Needs Assessment of Pain Education in Graduate Medical Education22
Table of Contents22
Creating a Learning Health System for Improving the Quality of Palliative Care: Generalizability of an EHR Phenotype for Advanced Cancer (GP713)22
Experience with an Electronic Practice Alert in Primary Care: Results from the Meta-LARC Advance Care Planning Study (RP303)22
Feasibility of Animal-Assisted Interventions for Children with Advanced Cancer (S560)22
A Holy Moment21
Piloting a Patient Tool to Aid Palliative Care Referrals during Advanced Lung Cancer Treatment21
Parent Priorities in End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer (CO202C)21
Influence of Income, Education, and Medicaid Expansion on Palliative Care in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Using the National Cancer Database21
Lessons Learned from a Pharmacist-Led Palliative Care Opioid Deprescribing Pilot Program21
Goals of Care Conversations between Neurologists and Hospitalized Patients Suffering Stroke21
Overcoming Challenges to Conducting an Embedded Summative Evaluation of the PAL-LIVER Cluster RCT for ESLD Patients (RP318)20
Specialist Palliative Care Engagement in Adult ECMO Cases Through the COVID Pandemic (GP147)20
Comparing the Timing and Use of Interventions and Advance Care Planning Between Chinese American and White American ICU Decedents at a Tertiary Medical Center (Sch419)20
Impact of Cannabis Use Patterns on Symptoms in Patients with Cancer (Sch435)20
Pearls from Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry to Aid Pediatric and Adult Palliative Care20
Creating a Dedicated Palliative Care Team for ICU Spanish Speaking Patients in Response to COVID-1920
“I Want to Stop the Machines, But I CAN'T Tell My Family.” When Patients Communicate Different Treatment Goals to Providers and to Family Members (ODS7)20
Overcoming Geographical Barriers: A Distance Mediated Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Seminar20
Should Benzodiazepines be Used for Reducing Dyspnea in Patients with Advanced Illnesses?19
Successful Treatment of Tumor-Related Fever (Refractory to Acetaminophen) with Oxybutynin (CS355)19
Palliative Care Needs in Breast Cancer Patients Entering Inpatient Hospice in Western Kenya19
A Decade of Studying Drivers of Disparities in End-of-Life Care for Black Americans: Using the NIMHD Framework for Health Disparities Research to Map the Path Ahead19
Finding the Balance: Treating Cancer Related Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder19
Speaking the Unspoken18
Becoming More Common: Managing an Uncommon Disease with Unexpected Barriers (CS312)18
Advancing Interprofessional Hospice and Palliative Care Teamwork with Entrustable Professional Activities (SA300)18
Challenges in Recruitment and Processing Hospice Patients for Research (SA302A)18
Goal-Concordant Care in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Receiving Palliative Care18
A Different Lens: Using a Critical Race Theory Framework to Discuss Racial Differences in Palliative Care (TH122C)18
The 7 On/7 Off: A Useful Alternative Scheduling Model for Hospital-Based Inpatient Palliative Medicine Consultation Services (QI436)18
Truth-Telling at End of Life: A Case (CS364)17
Characteristics of Inpatient Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (Sci214)17
A Kid at Heart: Applying Pediatric Skills to Caring for Adults17
Pediatric Palliative Care at Home: A Prospective Study on Subcutaneous Drug Administration17
Psychologists as Pivotal Members of the Pediatric Palliative Care Team17
“It's Not Happening Nearly Enough”: Perioperative Integration of Palliative Care and Urology For Serious Illness (RP305)17
Improving Safe Opioid Prescribing for Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Patients17
Visualizing Multimorbidity in Chronically Ill Populations Using UpSet Plots17
Letter to the Editor. A Response to: Palliative Management of Inoperable Malignant Bowel Obstruction: Prospective, Open Label, Phase 2 Study at an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center16
Fertility in the Face of Farewells: A Palliative Care Provider's Journey16
Ketamine for Sickle Cell Crisis and Total Pain in Patient on Buprenorphine16
Mental Healthcare Delivery in Palliative Care: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives16
PC-FACS September 6, 202416
Dyadic Yoga for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation and their Family Caregivers16
Ketamine for Cancer Related Pain in a Patient With Substance Use Disorder16
Palliative Care Program Characteristics and End-of-Life Outcomes for Patients With Metastatic Cancer16
Editorial Board16
Palliative Care Physicians’ Perceptions of Conditions Required to Provide Early Palliative Care16
Conservative Kidney Management in Hospice Care: A Case Report16
Defining and Characterizing Inappropriate Goals of Care Designation: A 10-year Retrospective Multicenter ICU Cohort Study16
One Stone, Two Birds: Response to Letter to the Editor by Gurunthalingam et al.16
Pausing in Chaos: Timely and Effective Goals of Care in the ED15
Social Work Driven Palliative Care Integration Into the Emergency Department15
ACP Documentation Older Adult15
Let's Talk: Concurrent Palliative Care and Swallowing Consultations for Feeding Decisions15
Home Based Pediatric Palliative Care in the UK: Lessons to Learn?15
Assessing Provider Barriers to Use of Buprenorphine for Cancer-Related Pain15
Increasing the Accessibility of Early Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer15
Improving End-of-Life Care for Sickle Cell Disease: Enhancing Quality and Support15
“Scarcity,” “Futility,” and “Moral Distress”: A Case Analysis of the Challenges of Sound Ethical Description14
Efficacy Trial Results of a Culture-Centric Palliative Care Message for American Indians14
Optimizing the Global Nursing Workforce to Ensure Universal Palliative Care Access and Alleviate Serious Health-Related Suffering Worldwide14
Changes Due to Patient Deaths: Medical Students’ Expectations vs. Health Professionals’ Experiences14
Telemedicine Utilization in the Ambulatory Palliative Care Setting: Are There Disparities in Access for Patients with Cancer? (RP513)14
Predictors of Documented Goals-of-Care Discussion for Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Illness14
Managing Cancer-Related Pain With Targeted Drug Delivery14
For Betty and the Magic That is You14
Differences in Pain Episodes Among Children With Complex Chronic Conditions at End of Life14
The Embedment of Palliative Care Services on a Neuro-Surgical Unit (CS359)14
Service Level Characteristics of Rural Palliative Care for People with Chronic Disease14
Allocating Pediatric Pain in Systems with Palliative Care and Anesthesiology Pain Programs14
Loss for Words: Individualized Comfort Scale in Patient With Cancer-related Brain Injury14
An Integrative Pediatric Oncology Program Addressing Parents’ Quality of Life-Related Concerns14
An Epic Step Forward: A Universal Pediatric Palliative Care Navigator Within an EHR to Improve Our Understanding of the Patient Narrative (FR201A)14
Editorial Board14
Screening for Palliative Care Need in Oncology: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures13
Rationalizing Emotions: A Secondary Analysis of the Supportive and Palliative Cancer Care Clinicians’ Experiences During COVID-19 (GP766)13
The Evolving Role of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in the Palliative Management of Bone Metastases (Sch465)13
Palliative Care Pharmacist Interventions Surrounding Medication Prescribing Across Care Transitions (IMPACT) (RP306)13
What Does it Mean to be an Excellent Mentor? J. Randall “Randy” Curtis’ Living Legacy13
Editorial Board13
Virtual Education Program to Increase Early Identification and Provider Competency: The CAPACITI Randomized Trial (RP110)13
Afternoon at the Museum: Finding Connection and Meaning13
Severe Stercoral Colitis: A Case Treated in the Hospice Setting (CS352)13
Carved-in or Carved-out? The Perspective of Medicare Advantage Leaders on the Hospice Benefit (RP300)13
A Career Changing Trip to Seattle13
Comprehensive Telehealth-Based Early Palliative Care Intervention for Iranian Patients with Heart Failure (GP112)13
The Impact of Stressful Life Events after Bereavement: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey13
Barriers to Hospice Evaluation: Death Before Assessment for Hospice Eligibility13
Feasibility of Systematic Social Needs Screening Among Families of Children with Advanced Cancer13
Translating Individual Mentorship to Generalizable Action: Lessons Learned From J Randall Curtis13
The End of the Shift: Supporting the Decision to Forego Dialysis and Addressing Modern Ethical Challenges (TH121B)13
Table of Contents13
Local Area Hospice Capacity and Rural Disparities in Hospice Use Among Older Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer (GP741)12
Marching to the beat of his own drum: pacemakers at the end of life12
Partners in Healing, Part II: Adapting & Disseminating An Interdisciplinary Curriculum on Spirituality & Medicine12
Editorial Board12
Palliative Care Knowledge in Adults with Chronic Disease Compared to Cancer: Evidence from a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample (GP729)12
“That Little Bit of Time”: Transition-to-Hospice Perspectives from Hospice Staff and Bereaved Family (S531)12
Effects of Social Distancing at the End of Life on Hospice and Palliative Care Providers (GP746)12
“Advocating for What We Need”: A CBPR Approach to Advance Care Planning in the San Francisco Latinx Elder Community (Sch401)12
A Tale of Two Pandemics: Cancer Coping and Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic (RP402)12
Current Trends in Online Palliative Care Messaging Practices: A Qualitative Analysis (Sci220)12
Use of Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Patients in Need of Palliative Care in a Primary Care Population: A Pilot Study (RP502)12
Nursing Facility Provider Perceptions of Appropriate Use of POLST (RP304)12
Unique Palliative Care Considerations for Patients at the US-Mexico Border: A Case Study12
The End of the Shift: The Decision to Forego Dialysis and its Ethical Issues12
Randomized Trial of a Novel Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Model to Predict the Need for Specialty Palliative Care in Hospitalized Patients (FR205A)12
A Qualitative Analysis of Nurse and Social Worker-led Goals of Care Discussions (GP102)12
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advance Care Planning: A Decomposition Analysis12
PC-FACS December 1, 202112
Pediatric Home-Based Palliative, Hospice Care11
Perspectives on Implementing a Communication Facilitator Intervention From a Critical Care Setting11
Of the People, By the People, For the People: Advancing Health Equity in Palliative Care Through Community Partnership (FR209B)11
Implementation of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes in a Comprehensive Cancer Center11
A Statement on the Role and Qualifications of Health Care Chaplains for Research and Quality11
Mistaken Farewell: A Case Where IDT Changed the Trajectory of Factitious Disorder11
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Home Death: An Explanatory Mixed-Methods Comparative Case Study of Urban Palliative Care Providers (CS365)11
Arts in Medicine for the Reduction of Pain and Stress in Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy11
Educating Health Care Professionals in a Community Hospital About Palliative Care11
How Many Cancer Patients Need Palliative Care? A Population-Based Study11
Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Facilities Desire Increased Palliative Care Collaboration (FR214D)11
Inpatients with Dementia Referred for Palliative Care Consultation: A Multicenter Analysis (S558)11
Reimagining Respite: An Interactive Session Aimed at Improving Pediatric Respite Care Through Idea Exchange11
Making the Case for CASE (Clarify, Assemble, Synthetize, Explain, and Support) to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas When Death Is Expected and Imminent (CS338)11
Navigating Challenges in Treatment Refusal: The Role of Palliative Care in Decision-Making11
Analysis of Symptom Burden among Female Veterans (Sci208)11
Competency vs. Capacity: Legally Incompetent, Yet Medically Capable?11
Design Considerations for Medicinal Cannabis Clinical Trials in People Receiving Palliative Care11
The Supportive Oncology Collaborative: Using Collaborative Care to Increase Access to Community-Based Supportive Oncology (SA310)11
Getting to the Root of the Symptom: Differentiating Between Adverse Drug Effects and Impending Death (FR237)11
Microaggressions: Understanding How Microaggressions Can Limit Palliative Care in Teams, Clinical Care, and Ourselves (FR203A)11
Results Surveying Supportive Medicine's integration into an NCI Cancer Center's ICU11
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Resilience Training in the Care of Underrepresented Populations (VT100)11
Use of Long-Term Abdominal Drains in Management of Diuretic-Refractory Non-Malignant Ascites11
AAHPM Pediatric State of the Science (SA301A)11
Exploring the Latino Experience and Needs in Dementia Caregiving11
Use of the consideRATE and integRATE Measures to Assess Care Quality in Inpatient Palliative Care11
Hospice Cost-Sharing in the Affordable Care Act Individual Marketplace10
Honoring Dr. Betty Ferrell as a Paradigm-Shifting Palliative Care and Oncology Nurse Researcher10
“We Need Help!”: Reflections from an Interdisciplinary Team on Embedding a Clinical Psychologist on the Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Service (TH113A)10
Editorial Board10
Editorial Board10
Prevalence and Severity of Symptoms and Concerns in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis During Their Final Year of Life: A Cohort Analysis10
Palliative Care Needs of Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia: A Scoping Review10
Functional Status Changes in Patients Receiving Palliative Care Consult During COVID-19 Pandemic10
Listening to Families: Building Better Pediatric Surgical Care10
Bereaved Family Quality of Life Varies With Comorbid Psychological Distress and ICU-Care Quality10
PC-FACS, November 7, 202410
Targeted Therapy: Improving the Delivery of Palliative Care Through Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Models10
Decision Making of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration for Cancer Patients at Terminal Stage—A Systematic Review of the Views From Patients, Families, and Healthcare Professionals10
Reflections on Cultural Humility in the End-Stages of Parkinson's: The Journey of a Mandarin-speaking Patient10
What's in the Sauce? The Specific Benefits of Palliative Care for Parkinson's Disease10
Parental Attitudes Towards Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology: Insights From Bereaved Families10
Becoming Alpha !!!: Using Alpha-Adrenergic Agents From ICU to Hospice"10
“Life…Gets Turned Upside-Down…” Opportunities to Improve Palliative Care for High-Grade Glioma10
Feasibility of a Two-Step Palliative Screening Utilizing Existing Emergency Department Resources10
The Design of a Data Management System for a Multicenter Palliative Care Cohort Study10
Dyadic vs Individual Supportive Care Delivery for Family Caregivers of Primary Brain Tumor Patients: Results of a 3-Arm Yoga Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RP420)10
Editorial Board10
Table of Contents10
Care Connections: Navigating the Transition From a Palliative Unit to Intensive Care10
SOPHIE: Testing a Virtual, Interactive, AI-Augmented End-of-Life Communication Training Tool (RP122)9
Receipt of Hospice Aide Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries Receiving Home Hospice Care9
The Opportunities and Challenges of Establishing Palliative Care in Sickle Cell Disease: What's Our Role?9
Comparing Pediatric Nephrologists’ and Palliative Care Physicians’ Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children with End-Stage Kidney Disease: A National Survey Study (GP727)9
Buprenorphine as a Treatment for Severe Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy – A Case Report9
Predictors of Symptom Reporting Concordance Between Patient and Provider in the Context of Cancer and Multimorbidity (GP725)9
Dexmedetomidine and Propofol Use for Palliative Sedation Therapy (PST) in Pediatric Oncology: A Ten-Year Review (GP750)9
Disparities in Therapeutic Alliance Among Latino Immigrants With Advanced Cancer9
Impact of an APRN Directed Workflow Change on Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Acceptance Rates9
Implementing a Clinical Pathway for Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Patients with Gynecologic Malignancies9
Daily Social Support, Social Isolation, and the Mental Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Living with Cancer (GP116)9
A National Survey describing Management Patterns for Pediatric Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity (PSH)9
A Survey to Characterize the Palliative Care Needs of All Hospitalized Patients in an Academic Medical Center9
Providing Ethical and Compassionate Care to a Dying Patient When They or Family Threaten Violence9
Effectiveness of an Algorithmic Approach to Ventilator Withdrawal at the End of Life (SAPLEN 101)9
Palliative Care in the Post-Roe Era: A Call to Engagement and Advocacy9
A Core Outcome Set for Interventions to Prevent and/or Treat Delirium in Palliative Care9
A Race-Conscious Approach Toward Research on Racial Inequities in Palliative Care9
A Case Series Recognizing Terminal Lucidity in Non-Dementia Hospice and Palliative Care Patients9
All We Need is a Hospice in Brazil9
African Americans Communities Speak to Healthcare Providers: Clinical Practice Outcomes9
Table of Contents9
When No Means No: Role of the Social Worker in Advocating for Patients Who Express Negative Autonomy (CS369)9
Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) in Patients With Advanced Cancer9
Exploring Health Care Providers’ Experiences of Providing Collaborative Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure at Home: A Qualitative Study (GP726)9
PC-FACS February 20239
Enhancing Clinician Knowledge and Use of Pain Assessment Tools for the Nonverbal Patient Population (Sch426)9
Distinct Shortness of Breath Profiles in Oncology Outpatients Undergoing Chemotherapy9
Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Care: Treating Cancer in Patients with Serious Mental Illness (CS324)9
Tool to Predict Agitated Terminal Delirium in Patients at Comfort Care Home8
Standardized Integration of Palliative Care Services in a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Clinic8
Identification Of A Higher Risk Lymphedema Phenotype And Associations With Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms8
Ketamine as a Novel Solution for Opioid-Refractory Pain in Radiation Necrosis8
Secondary Burning Mouth Syndrome8
Utilizing Simulated Patients to Train Internal Medical Residents in Advanced Communication Skills8
Teaching Palliative Medicine in the Medical School Clerkship in France. A National E-Survey8
Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin and Gabapentin for Pruritus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis8
Advance Care Planning Challenges in Adult Congenital Heart Disease8
Hispanic Patients and Serious Illness Experiences - A Literature Review8
Palliative Care Training Gaps Remain in Chronic Disease Management Post-COVID-198
Intensity of Healthcare Utilization Among Pediatric Patients Receiving Concurrent Hospice Care8
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