BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Papers
(The TQCC of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from breast cancer: an ambiguous entity54
Anti-fibrinolytics for mucosal bleeding in adults with life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review51
Palliative medicine specialist and general practitioner interactions: national survey41
COVID-19 deaths in care homes: primary care management study37
Clinical emergencies in inpatient hospice: simulation-based training to improve nursing confidence36
Patient–caregiver dyads advance care plan value discussions: randomised controlled cancer trial of video decision support tool35
Alfentanil conversion ratios and successful analgesia33
Cardiac dysfunction in solid tumours: scoping review32
Cancer patient navigation27
Public knowledge and attitudes concerning palliative care26
Edmonton symptom assessment system global distress score and overall survival among patients with advanced cancer receiving early palliative care24
Omeprazole administration via short subcutaneous infusion22
Existential distress in family caregivers: scoping review of meaning-making interventions22
Support programme for bereaved relatives: a retrospective observational study21
Video consultations in community palliative care – patient satisfaction: mixed methods study21
Cancer pain management: long-term maintenance therapy20
Palliative care utilisation globally by cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis19
Palliative treatment disparities in metastatic colon cancer: US retrospective cohort study with disaggregated ethnic groups19
Serial fascia iliaca blocks for pathological hip fracture pain18
Duloxetine for prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN): systematic review and meta-analysis18
The clock is ticking: can palliative care survive the dual crises of time and workforce shortages?18
Artificial intelligence and large language models in palliative medicine clinical practice and education17
Ambulatory palliative care and cancer symptom control: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Oral morphine versus transmucosal diamorphine for breakthrough pain in children: methods and outcomes: UK (DIPPER study) consensus16
Burnout and attachment in oncology and palliative care healthcare professionals16
Ethnicity and palliative care: we need better data – five key considerations15
Palliative surgery in metastatic gastric cancer: analysis (2007–2021)15
Communication skills: simulated patient goals of care workshop for acute care clinicians15
Palliative physiotherapy in community settings for people with terminal illness15
Percutaneous cervical cordotomy for chest wall pain from mesothelioma in the setting of neuromyelitis14
Proxy medical decision-making: national survey14
Subcutaneous proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in palliative medicine13
Care of the dying – medical student confidence and preparedness: mixed-methods simulation study13
Morphine for chronic breathlessness in COPD: improvement predictors-cross-sectional study13
Emergency department patient diagnostic communication: cohort study13
Palliative radiotherapy: a one-week course in advanced head and neck cancer – quality of life outcomes13
Challenges with cancer pain management: novel opioid shortages and cancer trials restrictions13
Inpatient deaths by medical service: characteristics in a comprehensive cancer centre12
Caring for a Patient with Inoperable Hip Fracture12
That’s right: palliative care is not simple12
End-of-life care quality measures: beyond place of death12
Deodorant pad for ulcerated breast cancer: safety and efficacy12
End-of-life care for inpatients with schizophrenia: national claims database retrospective cohort study12
Living with breathlessness: quality improvement project to enhance staff confidence and patient self-management11
Medical cannabis use in young adults with cancer: a self-reported survey study11
Quality of death educational programme in a national reference palliative care unit11
Deaths in critical care and hospice—prevalence, trends, influences: a national decedent cohort study11
Palliative sedation and time to death in home palliative care: retrospective analysis11
Patient experiences in high-grade gliomas: from symptoms to radiotherapy11
Relationship between dyspnoea and related factors in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional study10
Symptom reduction in advanced cancer from multi-session mindful breathing: randomised controlled study10
End-of-life experiences in advanced cancer: gender differences10
Fast-track hospital end-of-life discharge pathway: is it actually fast? National clinical audit10
Death from COVID-19: management of breathlessness: a retrospective multicentre study10
Timely community palliative and end-of-life care: a realist synthesis9
Beyond the physical realm: exploring the relationship between spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence9
Wernicke’s encephalopathy in advanced cancer9
Skin rash after immunomodulatory drugs for plasma cell neoplasms: effective practical corticosteroid desensitisation regimen9
Pharmacogenomics and symptom management in palliative and supportive care: A scoping review9
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency9
Olanzapine cost-effectiveness in vomiting and nausea from highly emetogenic chemotherapy in children and adolescents9
Assisted dying: is any healthcare option 100% perfect?9
Central catheter-associated deep vein thrombosis in cancer: clinical course, prophylaxis, treatment9
Symptoms, performance status and phase of illness in advanced cancer: multicentre cross-sectional study of palliative care unit admissions8
Cancer survivor inspiratory muscle training: systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis8
Physical activity and supportive care intervention preferences: a cross-sectional study of barriers in advanced cancer8
Medical oncologists and supportive/palliative care education: prevention of fragmented care8
Subcutaneous antibiotics in palliative medicine: Retrospective chart review8
Patient experiences of randomised placebo-controlled trial participation during end-of-life palliative cancer care8
Young-onset colorectal cancer: treatment-related nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea8
Palliative care environments for patient, family and staff well-being: an ethnographic study of non-standard design8
Stress and sleep quality in palliative care8
Health-related quality of life and frailty in liver cirrhosis8
The use and timing of rehabilitation and palliative care to cancer patients, and the influence of social vulnerability – a population-based study8
Medically assisted dying in Western Europe: legislation review – what has changed in 5 years?8
Regional hospice and palliative care networks worldwide: scoping review8
Esomeprazole for subcutaneous infusion: compatibility with other alkaline medications8
Specialist palliative care services response to ethnic minority groups with COVID-19: equal but inequitable—an observational study8
Assisted dying: participation barriers and facilitators – qualitative interview study of doctors’ perceptions7
Gynaecologic oncology referrals to specialist palliative care in a tertiary referral centre: population, characteristics and outcomes7
Terminally Ill Adults Bill: an opportunity to improve continuing healthcare (CHC) in England7
Influence of individual, illness and environmental factors on place of death among people with neurodegenerative diseases: a retrospective, observational, comparative cohort study7
Bone-targeting agents in major solid tumour metastases: a multinational cohort study7
Advance care planning and caregiver outcomes: intervention efficacy – systematic review7
Anxiety and depression prevalence in digestive cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Dexamethasone and hiccups: a 2000-patient, telephone-based study7
Important to distinguish between end-of-life values and preferences for improved advance care planning7
Optimizing quality of life: integrating palliative care for patients with hand-foot syndrome in oncology practice7
Depression prevalence in cardiovascular disease: global systematic review and meta-analysis7
The European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care in Lebanon: Adaptation and Pilot7
Death from cancer: frequent unscheduled care7
Specialist palliative care classification: typology development7
Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care: systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence since 20177
Physical activity, fatigue, kinesiophobia and quality of life in prostate cancer7
Time, distress and the social good of palliative medicine research participation7
Rational use of human albumin: plan-do-check-act cycle in clinical practice7
Extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) and palliative care disparities: a national cancer database study7
Rare cause of dyspnoea: phenazopyridine-induced methemoglobinemia7
Patients with cancer and hospital admissions: disease trajectory and strategic choices7
Myofascial pain syndrome in patients with cancer: a narrative review7
Beta-blockers for tenacious saliva: a case report7
End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey7
Uncertainty and hope in relation to anxiety and depression in advanced lung cancer7
Emergency department presentations in palliative care patients: a retrospective cohort study6
Pathological emotionality in neurodegenerative conditions treated with dextromethorphan and quinidine: patients and carers impact6
End-of-life interventions in patients with cancer6
The Value of Palliative Medicine—not another definition!6
Bereaved parents’ quality of life: resilience and professional support6
Enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients with cancer: complication rates compared—updated systematic review and meta-analysis6
Indwelling urinary catheters at the end of life are associated with less breakthrough medication use6
COVID-19 communication resources in a major health system: development and dissemination6
Cannabidiol oil or placebo in advanced cancer–disease progression and survival: a secondary analysis6
Fibrotic interstitial lung disease - palliative care needs: a World-Café qualitative study6
Acceptance and commitment therapy in metastatic gastrointestinal cancer: patient and caregiver qualitative study6
Caregiver burden in advanced cancer in tertiary care palliative medicine6
Healthcare media interviews6
Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions for older medical inpatients: a cohort study6
Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care6
Association between person-centred care quality and advance care planning participation in haemodialysis6
Comparison of official reporting on assisted suicide and euthanasia across jurisdictions6
Malignancy-related ascites in palliative care units: prognostic factor analysis6
Neutropenic event incidence in women with early-stage breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study5
End of life in general practice: trends 2009–20195
The Physician Surprise Question in the Emergency Department: prospective cohort study5
Voluntary-assisted dying, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: global perspectives—systematic review5
Palliative medicine outpatient clinic ‘no-shows’: retrospective review5
Does voluntary assisted dying impact quality palliative care? A retrospective mixed-method study5
End of life in haematology: quality of life predictors – retrospective cohort study5
End-of-life and immediate postdeath acute hospital interventions: scoping review5
Drug prescribing changes in the last year of life among homebound older adults: national retrospective cohort study5
Prophylactic antibiotics and corticosteroid prescribing in palliative medicine: retrospective study5
COVID-19 pandemic stress and cancer symptom burden5
Family carer needs in advanced disease: systematic review of reviews5
Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors5
Opioid safety recommendations in adult palliative medicine: a North American Delphi expert consensus5
Delirium in patients with musculoskeletal tumours: incidence and risk factors – single-centre prospective study5
Cognitive complaints during breast cancer endocrine therapy: aromatase inhibitors versus tamoxifen5
Repeated radiological procedures in the last 6 months of life in old age: a retrospective study5
Physical exercise and fatigue in advanced gastrointestinal cancer during chemotherapy5
Skeletal muscle mass recovery after oesophagectomy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer: retrospective cohort study5
Well-being treatments in cancer care: patient benefits5
Sympathetic blocks in cancer pain: coordinate based step-by-step fluoroscopic-guided transdiscal approach5
Early palliative/supportive care in acute myeloid leukaemia allows low aggression end-of-life interventions: observational outpatient study5
Auriculotherapy and pain intensity and functional disability in older adults with chronic low back pain: randomised single-blind clinical trial5
Naldemedine versus placebo in opioid-induced constipation: a meta-analysis5
Information provision in life-threatening illnesses: comprehensive framework5
Malignant bowel obstruction symptoms: subcutaneous bolus esomeprazole-retrospective case series5
Effects of early exposure to palliative care on end-of-life outcomes in patients with cancer in a community setting5
Venting percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in malignant bowel obstruction: safety and effectiveness in a comprehensive cancer centre5
Procalcitonin in advanced urological cancer—bacterial versus non-bacterial infections: prospective cohort study5
Deep continuous sedation at the patient’s request until death in a palliative care unit: retrospective study4
Supportive care interventions in metastatic bone disease: scoping review4
Motor neuron disease specialist palliative care: impact of COVID-19 pandemic4
Desire for hastened death in advanced cancer: cross-sectional study in China4
Mortality in hospitalised older patients: the WHALES short-term predictive score4
Valproic acid as an adjuvant analgesic: adult Fanconi syndrome4
Specialist palliative care out of hours telephone advice in Ireland: a national survey4
The carbon footprint of a hospice4
Video training of nursing home healthcare workers in palliative care4
Immersive virtual reality and psychological well-being in adult chronic physical illness: systematic review4
Skeletal muscle mass during chemotherapy for haematological malignancies: a retrospective study4
Blood transfusions in palliative medicine and symptom control in solid tumours4
Personal legacy and treatment choices for serious illness: a scoping review4
Unmet care needs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives: multicentre observational study4
Ethics of sedation for existential suffering: palliative medicine physician perceptions - qualitative study4
Postoperative pain following intraoperative acupuncture: a randomized‑controlled study4
Non-specialist palliative care - question prompt list preparation: patient, family and clinician experiences4
Rheumatology and palliative care: needs and opportunities4
Telemedicine for outpatient palliative care during COVID-19 pandemics: a longitudinal study4
Symptom evolution in the dying4
Efficacy of models of palliative care delivered beyond the traditional physician-led, subspecialty consultation service model: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Paediatric advance care planning in life-limiting conditions: scoping review of parent experiences4
Reframing assisted dying through the civil law: possibilities and challenges for the UK4
Parkinson’s disease: symptoms and medications at the end of life4
Malodour from oral malignant fungating wound: sprayed metronidazole – case report4
Anaemia investigation and treatment in hospice inpatients: palliative medicine consultants attitudes and practices survey4
Geriatric screening and comprehensive geriatric assessment during initial oncology appointments4
Palliative Care Curriculum and Training Plan for community health workers4
Assisted suicide and euthanasia requests in early palliative care4
Low serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels may be an early predictor of sepsis4
Palliative care integration into outpatient heart failure management: pilot study4
Drug dependence epidemiology in palliative care medicinal cannabis trials4
Patient card games in palliative care: integrative review4
Acute palliative care units: characteristics, activities and outcomes – scoping review4
Advanced breast, cervical and prostate cancer- Patient needs: systematic review4
State of the science: cancer-related fatigue4
New UK palliative medicine consultants: clinical and non-clinical preparedness after higher specialty training4
Digital health for cancer symptom management in palliative medicine: systematic review4
Are the deprescribing guidelines for proton pump inhibitors in palliative care applicable? A monocentric observational study4
Patient awareness of palliative care: systematic review4
Symptom assessment in the dying: family members versus healthcare professionals4
Peripheral nerve blocks in advanced cancer pain: retrospective case series3
Novel multidisciplinary ambulatory palliative care clinic: staff opinion and job satisfaction3
Burnout in Palliative Care - Difficult Cases: Qualitative Study3
Advance care planning evaluation: a scoping review of best research practice3
Palliative care volunteer roles in Nordic countries: qualitative studies—systematic review and thematic synthesis3
Spiritual care in incurable cancer: physician views3
Cancer centre information and support services and patient needs: participatory action research study3
Rethinking palliative care inside a cancer centre3
Futile life-sustaining treatment in the intensive care unit – nurse and physician experiences: meta-synthesis3
Spiritual care in palliative medicine: interactive, virtual workshop for specialists3
Unmet needs: system-focused investigations3
Cyclizine continuous subcutaneous infusion in palliative medicine: practice survey3
End-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease3
Breast cancer survivors–supportive care needs: systematic review3
Impact of bedside ultrasound on care in specialist palliative care units: a qualitative study3
Distress thermometer problem list and distress and depression in psycho-oncology3
20 years of palliative medicine practice in South Australia: from a burns unit to hospice3
Dysphagia screening post-stroke: systematic review3
Advanced prostate cancer experimental radioactive treatment—clinical trial decision making: patient experiences3
Severe hypoglycaemia in paediatric oncology: characterisation and risk factors3
The Surprise Question3
Sleep quality and coping styles among nurses working in tertiary cancer institutions: a mixed-method study3
Virtual reality interventions for mental health and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and narrative synthesis – outcomes, techniques, processes and mechanisms3
Assisted dying and medical practice: questions and considerations for healthcare organisations3
Home emergency response team for the seriously ill palliative care patient: feasibility and effectiveness3
Shifting US location patterns in leukaemia mortality: retrospective analysis3
Oregon Death with Dignity Act access: 25 year analysis3
Palliative care integration in the intensive care unit: healthcare professionals’ perspectives – a qualitative study3
Parenteral nutrition in palliative care: single-centre observational study3
When the game is hard, more complex weapons are needed3
UK hospices: fairness, funding, fit3
Tramadol for moderate cancer pain: a reappraisal3
Geographical distance and reduced access to palliative radiotherapy: systematic review and meta-analysis3
Burden prediction in cancer caregivers: role of social support and connectedness3
Advance and future care planning: strategic approaches in Wales3
Consumer satisfaction, palliative care and artificial intelligence (AI)3
Palliative care integration indicators: an European regional analysis3
Bioethics and hospital palliative care: a systematic review3
Handgrip strength assessment in geriatric populations: digital dynamometers comparative study3
Peer support-based online education, burden of care and quality of life among family caregivers of patients with leukaemia: non-randomised clinical trial3
Osimertinib-induced radiation recall pneumonitis3
Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project3
Supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in specialist palliative care: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators3
Last 24 hours: opioid use survey3
Dermatology in palliative medicine3
Advance care and resuscitation plans in a tertiary hospital: a multimodal approach3
Wish to die and hasten death in palliative care: a cross-sectional study factor analysis3
Hospital end-of-life care aggressiveness in adult solid tumour patients pre and post COVID-19: retrospective multicentre cohort study3
Trends in utilisation of palliative care services in COVID-19 patients and their impact on hospital resources in the USA: insights from the national inpatient sample3
What do family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases need from healthcare professionals? A qualitative study3
Symptom burden among men treated for castration-resistant prostate cancer: a longitudinal study3
The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis3
Acetazolamide versus placebo for cerebral oedema requiring dexamethasone in recurrent and/or progressive high-grade glioma: phase II randomised placebo-controlled double-blind study3
Gender equality in palliative medicine editorial boards, authorships and national societies3
Effects of specialised nutritional interventions in patients with incurable cancer: a systematic review3
Burn trauma management: palliative care integration3
Subcutaneous lacosamide for seizures3
Palliative home care: health-related quality of life3
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