Palliative & Supportive Care

Article	Citations
The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world: A qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions	38
Navigating the terrain of moral distress: Experiences of pediatric end-of-life care and bereavement during COVID-19	32
A review of psychosocial interventions targeting families of children with cancer	30
Impact of home-based palliative care on health care costs and hospital use: A systematic review	27
Voicing their choices: Advance care planning with adolescents and young adults with cancer and other serious conditions	21
“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	19
The prevalence rates and adversities of delirium: Too common and disadvantageous	18
Increasing our understanding of nonphysical suffering within palliative care: A scoping review	16
Virtual reality for improving pain and pain-related symptoms in patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer: A pilot trial to test feasibility and acceptability	15
Hope in end-of-life cancer patients: A cross-sectional analysis	14
Status of palliative care education in Mainland China: A systematic review	13
A lifespan approach to understanding family caregiver experiences of a blood cancer diagnosis	13
Impact of educational programs on nurses’ knowledge and attitude toward pediatric palliative care	13
Delirium is associated with an increased morbidity and in-hospital mortality in cancer patients: Results from a prospective cohort study	13
Managing Anxiety from Cancer (MAC): A pilot randomized controlled trial of an anxiety intervention for older adults with cancer and their caregivers	12
The experiences of health professionals, patients, and families with truth disclosure when breaking bad news in palliative care: A qualitative meta-synthesis	12
Cardiovascular disease and meaning in life: A systematic literature review and conceptual model	11
Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture in palliative care literature	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
The realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada	11
A systematic review of instruments measuring grief after perinatal loss and factors associated with grief reactions	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	10
Distress experienced by lung cancer patients and their family caregivers in the first year of their cancer journey	10
A qualitative exploration of the feasibility and acceptability of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers	9

Sustainable implementation of advance care planning in Asia: An interpretive-systemic framework for national development	9
Educational intervention to improve palliative care knowledge among informal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults	9
A randomized clinical trial assessing a pragmatic intervention to improve supportive care for family caregivers of patients with lung cancer	9
Influence of advance directives on reducing aggressive measures during end-of-life cancer care: A systematic review	9
Effective communication in palliative care from the perspectives of patients and relatives: A systematic review	9
Correlations among spiritual care competence, spiritual care perceptions and spiritual health of Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional correlational study	9
But parents need help! Pathways to caregiver mental health care in pediatric hospital settings	9
Development and preliminary evaluation of EMPOWER for surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients	9
Posttraumatic growth in palliative care patients and its associations with psychological distress and quality of life	8
Evaluation of the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum in Australia: Online	8
Patients’ experiences of family members’ reactions to diagnosis of breast cancer and support in the management of breast cancer in Lagos, Nigeria	8
Comparison between patient-reported and clinician-reported outcomes: Validation of the Japanese version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for staff	8
Mapping end-of-life and anticipatory medications in palliative care patients using a longitudinal general practice database	8
Evaluation of care burden and preparedness of caregivers who provide care to palliative care patients	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
Exploring the efficacy of music in palliative care: A scoping review	8
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	8
Cultural implications for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis toward terminally ill cancer patients in China: A literature review	8
Adapting the serious illness conversation guide for use in the emergency department by social workers	8
End-of-life dreams and visions as perceived by palliative care professionals: A qualitative study	8
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
Caring with compassion during COVID-19	7
Australian perspectives on spiritual care training in healthcare: A Delphi study	7
Assessment of professional bereavement: The development and validation of the Professional Bereavement Scale	7
Effect of virtual reality-based exercise intervention on sleep quality in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and healthy siblings: A randomized controlled trial	7
Does voluntary assisted dying cause public stigma for the bereaved? A vignette-based experiment	7
Effects of dignity therapy on palliative patients’ family members: A systematic review	7
Spiritual well-being, self-transcendence, and spiritual practices among Filipino women with breast cancer	7
Advancing interprofessional education in communication	7
The development of a nomogram to determine the frequency of elevated risk for non-medical opioid use in cancer patients	7
The psychological experience of pediatric oncology patients facing life-threatening situations: A systematic review with narrative synthesis	7
Subclinical thiamine deficiency: What is the most appropriate method of diagnosis and treatment?	7
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	7
Quality of life, anxiety, depression, and distress in patients with advanced and metastatic lung cancer	7
Burnout in psychosocial oncology clinicians: A systematic review	7
Delirium at the end of life	7
Toward holistic care: Including substance use in mental health-palliative care integration	7
Effects of end-of-life care on medical health professionals: A dialectical approach	7
Professional experiences of formal healthcare providers in the provision of medical assistance in dying (MAiD): A scoping review	7
Psychological well-being of palliative care professionals: Who cares?	7
End of life communication among caregivers of children with cancer: A qualitative approach to understanding support desired by families	7
“The surprise questions” using variable time frames in hospitalized patients with advanced cancer	7
Acceptability of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Black Americans: Results from a focus group and oncology pilot study	7
Palliative care nurses’ experiences of stress, anxiety, and burnout: A thematic synthesis	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
A cross-sectional study of the first two years of mandatory training for doctors participating in voluntary assisted dying	6
Prevalence and factors associated with demoralization in palliative care patients: A cross-sectional study from Hong Kong	6
Palliative care in the emergency department: A qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, desired clinician qualities, and future directions	6
Exploring the use of games in palliative care: A scoping review	6

Systematic review of cancer-related fatigue instruments in breast cancer patients	6
Communicating is analogous to caring: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the patient–clinician communication experiences of individuals with ovarian cancer	6
How does spirituality manifest in family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients? A qualitative secondary analysis	6
Contingent hope theory: The developmental exploration of hope and identity reconciliation among young adults with advanced cancers	6
Future provision of home end-of-life care: Family carers’ willingness for caregiving and needs for support	6
Palliative and hospice social workers’ moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Death anxiety in patients with primary brain tumor: Measurement, prevalence, and determinants	6
A Portuguese trial using dignity therapy for adults who have a life-threatening disease: Qualitative analysis of generativity documents	6
Developing a consensus definition of psychosocial complexity in cancer patients using Delphi methods	6
Addressing the needs of parents with advanced cancer: Attitudes, practice behaviors, and training experiences of oncology social workers	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
Providing home hospice care for LGBTQ+ patients and caregivers: Perceptions and opinions of hospice interdisciplinary care team providers	6
Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the mindful self-care scale among Brazilian palliative care providers	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
Development of a Japanese version of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey: Examination of its reliability and validity	6
Description of a training protocol to improve research reproducibility for dignity therapy: an interview-based intervention	6
Effects of prolonged interruption of rehabilitation routines in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients	6
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	6
A scoping review of studies exploring leisure-time physical activity in adults diagnosed with advanced cancer	6
Church leaders and parishioners speak out about the role of the church in advance care planning and end-of-life care	6
National and international non-therapeutic recommendations for adult palliative and end-of-life care in times of pandemics: A scoping review	5
The inaugural United States World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Celebration: A virtual coming together	5
Compassion fatigue in pediatric hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant healthcare providers: An integrative review	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
The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world and measures to support their coping capacity	5
Barriers to advance care planning among patients with advanced serious illnesses: A national survey of health-care professionals in Singapore	5
Cancer care reform in South Africa: A case for cancer care coordination: A narrative review	5
Predictors and moderators of outcomes in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention for early breast cancer patients	5
A third of dying patients do not have end-of-life discussions with a physician: A nationwide registry study	5
Meaning-centered group psychotherapy in Portuguese cancer patients: A pilot exploratory trial	5
Experiences and views of nurses about unmet needs of older cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: A qualitative study	5
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	5
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	5
End-of-life dreams and visions: A systematic integrative review	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
Needs for nurses to provide spiritual care and their associated influencing factors among elderly inpatients with stroke in China: A cross-sectional quantitative study	5
Relationship between the religious attitudes of women with gynecologic cancer and mental adjustment to cancer	5
Examining public stigma and expectations of grief following medical aid and dying in the US: A vignette-based experiment	5
The burden in palliative care assistance: A comparison of psychosocial risks and burnout between inpatient hospice and home care services workers	5
Dignity therapy in Mexican lung cancer patients with emotional distress: Impact on psychological symptoms and quality of life	5
Identifying practical clinical problems in active euthanasia: A systematic literature review of the findings in countries where euthanasia is legal	5
Current measures of distress may not account for what's most important in existential care interventions: Results of the outlook trial	5
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	5
Tracheostomy decision-making for children with medical complexity: What supports and resources do caregivers need?	5
Screening for distress in cancer care: How to overcome barriers after unsuccessful implementation?	5
Exploring the caregiver's experience in an innovative homebound hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program	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
Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among family caregivers of palliative care patients at Hospice Africa Uganda	5
What should be measured to assess the quality of community-based palliative care? Results from a collaborative expert workshop	5
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
Cervical cancer survivors: The experiences of the journey	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
Psychosocial well-being among patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma	4
An exploration of financial toxicity among low-income patients with cancer in Central Texas: A mixed methods analysis	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
Utilization of inpatient palliative care services among adolescents and young adults with cancer: Evidence from National Inpatient Sample 2016–2019	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	4
Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the spiritual well-being scale (SWBS) in Iranian patients with cancer	4
“A kaleidoscope of relationships” — cervical cancer survivors’ perspectives on their intimate relationships: A qualitative study	4
End-of-life and goals of care discussions with cancer patients in the coronavirus pandemic	4
The desire for death in Portuguese home-care palliative patients: Retrospective analysis of the prevalence and associated factors	4
A cognitive behavioral therapy–based intervention to address body image in patients with facial cancers: Results from a randomized controlled trial	4
Becoming an older caregiver: A study of gender differences in family caregiving at the end of life	4
“Rapid tele-psychotherapy” with single-session music therapy in the metaverse: An alternative solution for mental health services in the future	4
Palliative care and aggressive interventions after falling: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample analysis	4
A qualitative study exploring family caregivers’ support needs in the context of medical assistance in dying	4
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	4
From “surviving to thriving”: Mood Lifters – a wellness program for parents of medically complex children	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
Fighting racism in research	4
Race and prevalence of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes in patients with advanced dementia	4
Investigation of the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Cognitive Function in cancer patients	4
Family functioning and psychosocial symptoms among Latinx patients coping with advanced cancer	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
Effectiveness of a cognitive–behavioral group therapy for complicated grief in relatives of patients with cancer: A randomized clinical trial	4

The religious/spiritual beliefs and needs of cancer survivors who underwent cancer-directed surgery	4
Empathic communication in dignity therapy: Feasibility of measurement and descriptive findings	4
Voice your values, a tailored advance care planning intervention in persons living with mild dementia: A pilot study	4
Family caregiver grief and post-loss adjustment: A longitudinal cohort study	4
Cancer-related fatigue: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of mind–body intervention	4
Operationalizing dignity therapy for adolescents	4
Family caregivers’ perceived communication self-efficacy with physicians	3
Preferences of quality delivery of palliative care among cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries: A review	3
Goals of care and COVID-19: A GOOD framework for dealing with uncertainty – CORRIGENDUM	3
The impact of caring on caregivers of patients with life-threatening organ failure	3
Spiritual care perceptions and empathy of Chinese nursing students: The mediating roles of spiritual well-being	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
Reflecting on meaning in an existential-reorientation group psychotherapy approach for cancer patients: A qualitative thematic analysis	3
Patients’ spiritual concerns and needs and how to address them during advance care planning conversations: Healthcare chaplains’ perspectives	3
Disrespectful and inadequate palliative care to transgender persons	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
Perceptions of the meaning of life among Korean patients with advanced cancer: A mixed-methods 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
What do we know about experiencing end-of-life in burn intensive care units? A scoping review	3
The prevalence rates and sequelae of delirium at age older than 90 years	3
Informal caregivers of older Muslims diagnosed with cancer: A portrait of depression, social support, and faith	3
Perspectives in preparedness of family caregivers of patients with cancer providing end-of-life care in the home: A narrative review of qualitative studies	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
Psychometric properties of the PG-13-R scale to assess prolonged grief disorder among bereaved Iranian adults	3
Race-conscious serious illness communication: An interpersonal tool to dismantle racism in practice and research	3
A COVID-19 Obituary	3
Polarization in public attitudes toward end-of-life decisions in Israel – A cross-sectional study	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
Palliative care among adult cancer survivors: Knowledge, attitudes, and correlates	3
Unsolved problems and unwanted decision-making in the last year of life: A qualitative analysis of comments from bereaved caregivers	3
Advance care planning among African Americans: A review and synthesis of theory application	3
Integration between humor and music therapy to increase spirituality and meaning in palliative and supportive care	3
Increased preparedness for caregiving among family caregivers in specialized home care by using the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention	3
Feasibility and acceptability of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or acupuncture for insomnia and related distress among cancer caregivers	3
How do trained palliative care providers experience open desire to die-conversations? An explorative thematic analysis	3
The effect of playing games with toys made with medical materials in children with cancer on pain during intravenous treatment	3
Hypercalcemia due to methadone-induced adrenal insufficiency in a case of oral cancer	3
Arabic version of the Palliative Care Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation, adaptation, and validation	3
Dementia caregiver burdens predict overnight hospitalization and hospice utilization	3
Prolonged mechanical ventilation and caregiver strain: Home vs. long-term care facility	2
Art therapy and self-image: A 5-year follow-up art therapy RCT study of women diagnosed with breast cancer	2
The efficacy of “rapid tele-psychotherapy” with single-session music therapy: A personal reflection as a founder	2
The Persian version of Herth Hope Index in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study	2
The effectiveness of spiritual care training on medical students’ self-reported competencies: A quasi-experimental study	2
Burden and anticipatory grief in caregivers of family members with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias	2
The effectiveness of compassion-based interventions among cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Potential sources of moral distress during COVID-19: Perspectives of hospice interdisciplinary teams	2
Gender differences in cancer spousal caregiving: A systematic review	2
An ethical conundrum: Palliative care in the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Religious–spiritual experiences of family members and caregivers of children and adolescents with cancer	2
Development of a model and method for hospice quality assessment from natural language processing (NLP) analysis of online caregiver reviews	2
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and mediative behavioral therapy for the treatment of suffocation related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A	2
A feasibility study of a peer discussion group intervention for patients with pancreatobiliary cancer and their caregivers	2
Assessing well-being in pediatric palliative care: A pilot study about views of children, parents and health professionals	2
Naldemedine-induced opioid withdrawal syndrome with severe psychiatric symptoms in an advanced cervical cancer patient without brain metastasis	2
Factors associated with distress and the impact of distress on acute health-care service utilization among patients diagnosed with breast and gynecological cancers	2
Palliative sedation in patients with advanced cancer in a specialized unit in a middle-income country: A retrospective cohort study	2
Wernicke encephalopathy in a lung cancer patient receiving home medical care	2
Factors associated with mental health service use among families bereaved by pediatric cancer	2
Comparing the hospital anxiety and depression scale to the Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale for identifying cases of major depressive disorder in advanced cancer palliative patients	2
The European Portuguese Posthumous Dignity Therapy Schedule of Questions: Initial development and validation	2
Opioid withdrawal syndrome developing after long-term administration of naldemedine	2
Development and validation of the Terminal Delirium-Related Distress Scale to assess irreversible terminal delirium	2
Integrating spirituality in the context of palliative and supportive care: The care for the whole person	2
Identification of palliative care needs in hemodialysis patients: An update	2
Assessing delirium with nursing care instruments: Evaluation of the cognitive and associated domains	2
The perceptions of cancer health-care practitioners in New Zealand and the USA toward psychedelic-assisted therapy with cancer patients: A cross-sectional survey	2
Incidence and risk factors of prolonged grief in relatives of patients with terminal cancer in French palliative care units: The Fami-Life multicenter cohort study	2
Efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy in Chinese patients with cancer: A randomized controlled trial	2
The effect of time since reconstruction on breast cancer patients’ quality of life, self-esteem, shame, guilt, and pride	2
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Spiritual Needs Assessment Scale of Patients with Cancer	2
Spiritual needs, spiritual well-being, and Buddhist practices of patients with terminal illness, Thailand	2
Which has more influence on a family's assessment of the quality of dying of their long-term care resident with dementia: Frequency of symptoms or quality of communication with healthcare team?	2
Relationship between the depression levels and nutritional statuses of advanced stage cancer patients	2
Suicide prevention in cancer care: What are the next steps?	2
Divorce after breast cancer diagnosis and its impact on quality of life	2
The 2nd Annual US Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: A virtual coming together to support equity in palliative care access	2
Fatigue-related symptom clusters and functional status of older adults in hospice	2
Clinicians’ perceptions of the emotional impact of providing palliative care: A qualitative interview study	2
A good death	2
Clinicians’ practices and attitudes regarding advance care planning in mainland China: A multicenter cross-sectional survey	2
Adjustment to “new normal” after cancer among non–small cell lung cancer survivors: A qualitative study	2
Reliability and validity of the Self-Efficacy in Palliative Care Scale among nurses	2
Factors related to positive attitudes toward palliative care: Direct and indirect effects of self-care self-efficacy, knowledge, and beliefs	2
Family members’ long-term grief management: A prospective study of factors during ongoing palliative care and bereavement	2
Interdisciplinary simulation for nursing and medical students about final conversations: Catalyzing relationships at the end of life (CAREol)	2
Measuring and exploring the barriers to translating palliative care knowledge into clinical practice in rural and regional health-care settings	2
Patient behaviors during virtual clinic encounters in palliative care	2
The challenges of ethical deliberation in palliative care settings: A descriptive study	2
The effect of COVID-19 and rise of telehealth on end-of-life conversations	2
Caregivers’ concerns through health professionals’ eyes	2
Identifying patients in need of palliative care: Adaptation of the Necesidades Paliativas CCOMS-ICO© (NECPAL) screening tool for use in Israel	2
Use of palliative sedation following Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation: A mixed-methods study of palliative care providers	2