Palliative & Supportive Care

Article	Citations
Mental health in chronic disease patients during the COVID-19 quarantine in Greece	73
Healthcare utilization among breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 outbreak	53
The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world: A qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions	37
Navigating the terrain of moral distress: Experiences of pediatric end-of-life care and bereavement during COVID-19	31
A review of psychosocial interventions targeting families of children with cancer	27
Impact of home-based palliative care on health care costs and hospital use: A systematic review	25
Spirituality and quality of life in women with breast cancer: The role of hope and educational attainment	24
Voicing their choices: Advance care planning with adolescents and young adults with cancer and other serious conditions	19
The prevalence rates and adversities of delirium: Too common and disadvantageous	18
“When the first session may be the last!”: A case report of the implementation of “rapid tele-psychotherapy” with single-session music therapy in the COVID-19 outbreak	17
Goals of care and COVID-19: A GOOD framework for dealing with uncertainty	16
Increasing our understanding of nonphysical suffering within palliative care: A scoping review	15
Virtual reality for improving pain and pain-related symptoms in patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer: A pilot trial to test feasibility and acceptability	13
Status of palliative care education in Mainland China: A systematic review	13
Social work in hospice and palliative care in Europe: Findings from an EAPC survey	12
A lifespan approach to understanding family caregiver experiences of a blood cancer diagnosis	12
Hope in end-of-life cancer patients: A cross-sectional analysis	12
Delirium is associated with an increased morbidity and in-hospital mortality in cancer patients: Results from a prospective cohort study	11
Impact of palliative care on end-of-life care and place of death in children, adolescents, and young adults with life-limiting conditions: A systematic review	11
Managing Anxiety from Cancer (MAC): A pilot randomized controlled trial of an anxiety intervention for older adults with cancer and their caregivers	11
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale	10
Impact of educational programs on nurses’ knowledge and attitude toward pediatric palliative care	10
“Everybody in this community is at risk of dying”: An ethnographic exploration on the potential of integrating a palliative approach to care among workers in inner-city settings	10
A systematic review of instruments measuring grief after perinatal loss and factors associated with grief reactions	10
The alleviation of suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic	10

Parents’ views on what facilitated or complicated their grief after losing a child to cancer	10
Nurses’ involvement in end-of-life discussions with incurable cancer patients and family caregivers: An integrative review	9
Development and preliminary evaluation of EMPOWER for surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients	9
Distress experienced by lung cancer patients and their family caregivers in the first year of their cancer journey	9
The experiences of health professionals, patients, and families with truth disclosure when breaking bad news in palliative care: A qualitative meta-synthesis	9
Cardiovascular disease and meaning in life: A systematic literature review and conceptual model	9
The realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada	9
But parents need help! Pathways to caregiver mental health care in pediatric hospital settings	9
Sustainable implementation of advance care planning in Asia: An interpretive-systemic framework for national development	9
Influence of advance directives on reducing aggressive measures during end-of-life cancer care: A systematic review	9
A qualitative exploration of the feasibility and acceptability of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers	8
Evaluation of the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum in Australia: Online	8
Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture in palliative care literature	8
Exploring the efficacy of music in palliative care: A scoping review	8
Dying patients with COVID-19: What should Hospital Palliative Care Teams (HPCTs) be prepared for?	8
A randomized clinical trial assessing a pragmatic intervention to improve supportive care for family caregivers of patients with lung cancer	8
Educational intervention to improve palliative care knowledge among informal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults	8
Theory-driven role model stories improve palliative care knowledge among a diverse older population	8
Posttraumatic growth in palliative care patients and its associations with psychological distress and quality of life	8
Determining the informational needs of family caregivers of people with intellectual disability who require palliative care: A qualitative study	8
Complexity of desire for hastened death in terminally ill cancer patients: A cluster analysis	8
Comparison between patient-reported and clinician-reported outcomes: Validation of the Japanese version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for staff	8
Evaluation of care burden and preparedness of caregivers who provide care to palliative care patients	8
Caring with compassion during COVID-19	7
Professional experiences of formal healthcare providers in the provision of medical assistance in dying (MAiD): A scoping review	7
End of life communication among caregivers of children with cancer: A qualitative approach to understanding support desired by families	7
Burnout in psychosocial oncology clinicians: A systematic review	7
What contributes to family carers’ decision to transition towards palliative-oriented care for their relatives in nursing homes? Qualitative findings from bereaved family carers’ experiences	7
Correlations among spiritual care competence, spiritual care perceptions and spiritual health of Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional correlational study	7
Cultural implications for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis toward terminally ill cancer patients in China: A literature review	7
Australian perspectives on spiritual care training in healthcare: A Delphi study	7
“The surprise questions” using variable time frames in hospitalized patients with advanced cancer	7
Advancing interprofessional education in communication	7
Development and evaluation of the feasibility, validity, and reliability of a screening tool for determining distress and supportive care needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer in Japan	7
Mapping end-of-life and anticipatory medications in palliative care patients using a longitudinal general practice database	7
The development of a nomogram to determine the frequency of elevated risk for non-medical opioid use in cancer patients	7
Subclinical thiamine deficiency: What is the most appropriate method of diagnosis and treatment?	7
The relationship between caregivers’ perceptions of end-of-life care in long-term care and a good resident death	7
End-of-life dreams and visions as perceived by palliative care professionals: A qualitative study	7
Does voluntary assisted dying cause public stigma for the bereaved? A vignette-based experiment	6
Future provision of home end-of-life care: Family carers’ willingness for caregiving and needs for support	6
Prevalence and factors associated with demoralization in palliative care patients: A cross-sectional study from Hong Kong	6
Spiritual well-being, self-transcendence, and spiritual practices among Filipino women with breast cancer	6
Death anxiety in patients with primary brain tumor: Measurement, prevalence, and determinants	6
Dying concerns in young parents with advanced cancer (PWAC): A scoping review	6
Effects of end-of-life care on medical health professionals: A dialectical approach	6
Psychological well-being of palliative care professionals: Who cares?	6
Effect of virtual reality-based exercise intervention on sleep quality in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and healthy siblings: A randomized controlled trial	6
Providing home hospice care for LGBTQ+ patients and caregivers: Perceptions and opinions of hospice interdisciplinary care team providers	6
Contingent hope theory: The developmental exploration of hope and identity reconciliation among young adults with advanced cancers	6

“Truly holistic?” Differences in documenting physical and psychosocial needs and hope in Portuguese palliative patients	6
Development of a Japanese version of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey: Examination of its reliability and validity	6
Delirium at the end of life	6
Assessment of professional bereavement: The development and validation of the Professional Bereavement Scale	6
The psychological experience of pediatric oncology patients facing life-threatening situations: A systematic review with narrative synthesis	6
Communicating is analogous to caring: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the patient–clinician communication experiences of individuals with ovarian cancer	6
Patients’ experiences of family members’ reactions to diagnosis of breast cancer and support in the management of breast cancer in Lagos, Nigeria	6
Acceptability of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Black Americans: Results from a focus group and oncology pilot study	6
Church leaders and parishioners speak out about the role of the church in advance care planning and end-of-life care	6
Preparing a young palliative care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic in a teaching hospital in Ghana	6
Toward holistic care: Including substance use in mental health-palliative care integration	6
Assessing the need for a question prompt list that encourages end-of-life discussions between patients with advanced cancer and their physicians: A focus group interview study	6
The Family Talk Intervention in palliative home care when a parent with dependent children has a life-threatening illness: A feasibility study from parents’ perspectives	6
Adapting the serious illness conversation guide for use in the emergency department by social workers	6
Systematic review of cancer-related fatigue instruments in breast cancer patients	6
Telehealth in outpatient delivery of palliative care: A qualitative study of patient and physician views	6
Preparedness for family caregiving prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	6
The burden in palliative care assistance: A comparison of psychosocial risks and burnout between inpatient hospice and home care services workers	5
What should be measured to assess the quality of community-based palliative care? Results from a collaborative expert workshop	5
The inaugural United States World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Celebration: A virtual coming together	5
Addressing the needs of parents with advanced cancer: Attitudes, practice behaviors, and training experiences of oncology social workers	5
Effects of dignity therapy on palliative patients’ family members: A systematic review	5
End-of-life dreams and visions: A systematic integrative review	5
A Portuguese trial using dignity therapy for adults who have a life-threatening disease: Qualitative analysis of generativity documents	5
Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the mindful self-care scale among Brazilian palliative care providers	5
Predictors and moderators of outcomes in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention for early breast cancer patients	5
Toward a clinical model for patient spiritual journeys in supportive and palliative care: Testing a concept of human spirituality and associated recursive states	5
Developing a consensus definition of psychosocial complexity in cancer patients using Delphi methods	5
Current measures of distress may not account for what's most important in existential care interventions: Results of the outlook trial	5
Dignity therapy in Mexican lung cancer patients with emotional distress: Impact on psychological symptoms and quality of life	5
European interprofessional postgraduate curriculum in palliative care: A narrative synthesis of field interviews in the region of Middle, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe and Central and West Asia	5
Availability as key determinant in the palliative home care setting from the patients’ and family caregivers’ perspectives: A quantitative-qualitative-content analysis approach	5
A cross-sectional study of the first two years of mandatory training for doctors participating in voluntary assisted dying	5
Palliative and hospice social workers’ moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
“The education is a mirror of where palliative care stands in Israel today”: An exploration of palliative care undergraduate education at medical schools in Israel	5
Relationship between the religious attitudes of women with gynecologic cancer and mental adjustment to cancer	5
Description of a training protocol to improve research reproducibility for dignity therapy: an interview-based intervention	5
A third of dying patients do not have end-of-life discussions with a physician: A nationwide registry study	5
National and international non-therapeutic recommendations for adult palliative and end-of-life care in times of pandemics: A scoping review	5
Effects of prolonged interruption of rehabilitation routines in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients	5
Quality of life, anxiety, depression, and distress in patients with advanced and metastatic lung cancer	5
A scoping review of studies exploring leisure-time physical activity in adults diagnosed with advanced cancer	5
Tracheostomy decision-making for children with medical complexity: What supports and resources do caregivers need?	5
The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world and measures to support their coping capacity	5
Exploring the use of games in palliative care: A scoping review	5
Exploring the caregiver's experience in an innovative homebound hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program	5
Meaning-centered group psychotherapy in Portuguese cancer patients: A pilot exploratory trial	4
Identifying practical clinical problems in active euthanasia: A systematic literature review of the findings in countries where euthanasia is legal	4
Do Hispanics prefer to be full code at the end of life? The impact of palliative care consults on clarifying code status preferences and hospice referrals in Spanish-speaking patients	4
“A kaleidoscope of relationships” — cervical cancer survivors’ perspectives on their intimate relationships: A qualitative study	4
Rural Hispanic/Latino cancer patients’ perspectives on facilitators, barriers, and suggestions for advance care planning: A qualitative study	4
Attitudes toward death and death acceptance among hemato-oncologists: An Israeli sample	4
What are the digitally enabled psychosocial interventions delivered by trained practitioners being offered to adults with life-shortening illnesses and palliative care needs and their informal and pro	4
Palliative care in the emergency department: A qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, desired clinician qualities, and future directions	4
A qualitative study exploring family caregivers’ support needs in the context of medical assistance in dying	4
The religious/spiritual beliefs and needs of cancer survivors who underwent cancer-directed surgery	4
Examining public stigma and expectations of grief following medical aid and dying in the US: A vignette-based experiment	4
Objective burden, caregiver psychological distress, and patient religion and quality of life are associated with high-intensity burden of care among caregivers of advanced cancer patients in a Latino	4
Operationalizing dignity therapy for adolescents	4
How does spirituality manifest in family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients? A qualitative secondary analysis	4
Cancer-related fatigue: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of mind–body intervention	4
Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the spiritual well-being scale (SWBS) in Iranian patients with cancer	4
Investigation of the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Cognitive Function in cancer patients	4
End-of-life and goals of care discussions with cancer patients in the coronavirus pandemic	4
A cognitive behavioral therapy–based intervention to address body image in patients with facial cancers: Results from a randomized controlled trial	4
An exploration of financial toxicity among low-income patients with cancer in Central Texas: A mixed methods analysis	4
Needs for nurses to provide spiritual care and their associated influencing factors among elderly inpatients with stroke in China: A cross-sectional quantitative study	4
Screening for distress in cancer care: How to overcome barriers after unsuccessful implementation?	4
Family caregiver grief and post-loss adjustment: A longitudinal cohort study	4
Empowering families facing end-stage nonmalignant chronic diseases with a holistic, transdisciplinary, community-based intervention: 3 months outcome of the Life Rainbow Program	4
From “surviving to thriving”: Mood Lifters – a wellness program for parents of medically complex children	4
Experiences and views of nurses about unmet needs of older cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: A qualitative study	4
Compassion fatigue in pediatric hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant healthcare providers: An integrative review	4
Fighting racism in research	4
Race and prevalence of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes in patients with advanced dementia	4
The desire for death in Portuguese home-care palliative patients: Retrospective analysis of the prevalence and associated factors	4
Associated factors of distress in patients with advanced cancer: A retrospective study	4
A review of clinical trials of advance care planning interventions adapted for limited health literacy	4
Cross-cultural validation of the Cancer Stigma Scale in the general Japanese population	4
The conscious state of the dying patient: An integrative review	4

Effect of a social network-based supportive program (WhatsApp) on the sexual self-concept of women with breast cancer: A single-blind-randomized controlled trial	4
There is nothing informal about caregiving	3
Effective communication in palliative care from the perspectives of patients and relatives: A systematic review	3
The impact of caring on caregivers of patients with life-threatening organ failure	3
Development and psychometric validation of a comprehensive end-of-life care competence scale: A study based on three-year surveys of health and social care professionals in Hong Kong	3
The prevalence rates and sequelae of delirium at age older than 90 years	3
Cervical cancer survivors: The experiences of the journey	3
What do we know about experiencing end-of-life in burn intensive care units? A scoping review	3
“Rapid tele-psychotherapy” with single-session music therapy in the metaverse: An alternative solution for mental health services in the future	3
Spiritual care perceptions and empathy of Chinese nursing students: The mediating roles of spiritual well-being	3
Changes in the palliative performance scale may be as important as the initial palliative performance scale for predicting survival in terminal cancer patients	3
How do trained palliative care providers experience open desire to die-conversations? An explorative thematic analysis	3
Psychometric properties of the PG-13-R scale to assess prolonged grief disorder among bereaved Iranian adults	3
Utilization of inpatient palliative care services among adolescents and young adults with cancer: Evidence from National Inpatient Sample 2016–2019	3
A COVID-19 Obituary	3
Polarization in public attitudes toward end-of-life decisions in Israel – A cross-sectional study	3
Adapting the collaborative care model to palliative care: Establishing mental health–serious illness care integration	3
Equal palliative care for foreign-born patients: A national quality register study	3
A decision tree prediction model for a short-term outcome of delirium in patients with advanced cancer receiving pharmacological interventions: A secondary analysis of a multicenter and prospective ob	3
“A Wanderer's Tale”: The development of a virtual reality application for pain and quality of life in Australian burns and oncology patients	3
Goals of care and COVID-19: A GOOD framework for dealing with uncertainty – CORRIGENDUM	3
Feasibility and acceptability of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or acupuncture for insomnia and related distress among cancer caregivers	3
Increased preparedness for caregiving among family caregivers in specialized home care by using the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention	3
Life and Death in the Age of COVID-19	3
Cancer care reform in South Africa: A case for cancer care coordination: A narrative review	3
Becoming an older caregiver: A study of gender differences in family caregiving at the end of life	3
Voice your values, a tailored advance care planning intervention in persons living with mild dementia: A pilot study	3
Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among family caregivers of palliative care patients at Hospice Africa Uganda	3
The Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale: Psychometric properties for Portuguese neonatal nurses	3
Is there a relationship between end-of-life cancer patients’ dignity-related distress and caregivers’ distress? An exploratory study	3
Dementia caregiver burdens predict overnight hospitalization and hospice utilization	3
Integration between humor and music therapy to increase spirituality and meaning in palliative and supportive care	3
Advance care planning among African Americans: A review and synthesis of theory application	3
Unsolved problems and unwanted decision-making in the last year of life: A qualitative analysis of comments from bereaved caregivers	3
Family caregivers’ perceived communication self-efficacy with physicians	3
Family functioning and psychosocial symptoms among Latinx patients coping with advanced cancer	3
Reflecting on meaning in an existential-reorientation group psychotherapy approach for cancer patients: A qualitative thematic analysis	3
Partnering to cope with pain: A pilot study of a caregiver-assisted pain coping skills intervention for patients with cognitive impairment and dementia	3
Palliative care nurses’ experiences of stress, anxiety, and burnout: A thematic synthesis	3
Palliative care and aggressive interventions after falling: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample analysis	3
Empathic communication in dignity therapy: Feasibility of measurement and descriptive findings	3
Hypercalcemia due to methadone-induced adrenal insufficiency in a case of oral cancer	3
Breaking the silence about illness and death: Potential effects of a pilot study of the family talk intervention when a parent with dependent children receives specialized palliative home care	3