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  1. Global development of children’s palliative care: the picture in 2017
  2. Diseño e implantación de un proyecto docente para la formación de la identidad médica en estudiantes de Medicina
  3. Redefining Palliative Care – a New Consensus-based Definition
  4. Mapping Levels of Palliative Care Development in 198 Countries: The Situation in 2017
  5. Proactive and systematic multidimensional needs assessment in patients with advanced cancer approaching palliative care: a study protocol
  6. Using the Term “Palliative Care”: International Survey of How Palliative Care Researchers and Academics Perceive the Term “Palliative Care”
  7. The importance of assessing the need for palliative care to avoid unnecessary suffering at life’s end
  8. Delirium Rates in Advanced Cancer Patients Admitted to Different Palliative Care Settings: Does It Make the Difference?
  9. Student’s Inventory of Professionalism (SIP): A Tool to Assess Attitudes towards Professional Development Based on Palliative Care Undergraduate Education
  10. The value of the ethnographic approach to research issues in palliative care
  11. Consensus Building on Health Indicators to Assess PC Global Development With an International Group of Experts
  12. Gratitude from patients and relatives in palliative care—characteristics and impact: a national survey
  13. Recalibrating the ‘world map’ of palliative care development
  14. Understanding illnesses through a film festival: An observational study
  15. Global palliative care: from need to action
  16. Global Palliative Care and Cross-National Comparison: How Is Palliative Care Development Assessed?
  17. The significance of gratitude for palliative care professionals: a mixed method protocol
  18. Multicenter Study of the Psychometric Properties of the New Demoralization Scale (DS-II) in Spanish-Speaking Advanced Cancer Patients
  19. Social representation of palliative care in the Spanish printed media: A qualitative analysis
  20. How Do Experienced Professors Teach Palliative Medicine in European Universities? A Cross-Case Analysis of Eight Undergraduate Educational Programs
  21. Delirium in adult cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines
  22. Documento de Posición Oficial sobre la Promoción Global de Cuidados Paliativos: Recomendaciones del Grupo Internacional Asesor PAL-LIFE de la Academia Pontificia de la Vida, Ciudad del Vaticano
  23. White Paper for Global Palliative Care Advocacy: Recommendations from a PAL-LIFE Expert Advisory Group of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City
  24. Gratitude between patients and their families and health professionals: A scoping review
  25. An Analysis of Palliative Care Development in Africa: A Ranking Based on Region-Specific Macroindicators
  26. Training in Global Palliative Care Within Palliative Medicine Specialist Training Programs: A Moral Imperative
  27. Factors Affecting Palliative Care Development in Africa: In-Country Experts' Perceptions in Seven Countries
  28. Correction: An International Consensus Definition of the Wish to Hasten Death and Its Related Factors
  29. The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) Atlas of Palliative Care Development in Africa: a comparative analysis
  30. Developing Macroindicators of Palliative Care Development in Africa: A Process with In-Country and International Experts
  31. Palliative care and the arts: vehicles to introduce medical students to patient-centred decision-making and the art of caring
  32. Publications on Palliative Care Development Can Be Used as an Indicator of Palliative Care Development in Africa
  33. The use of methylphenidate to relieve fatigue
  34. Is the content of guidelines/pathways a barrier for the integration of palliative Care in Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD)? A comparison with the case of cancer in Europe
  35. Methadone and Dignity: Advanced Medicine for the End of Life
  36. The Palliative Care Challenge: Analysis of Barriers and Opportunities to Integrate Palliative Care in Europe in the View of National Associations
  37. What does the media say about palliative care? A descriptive study of news coverage in written media in Spain
  38. Good care for patients who die in intensive care units in Spain. A study based on international care quality indicators
  39. What are families most grateful for after receiving palliative care? Content analysis of written documents received: a chance to improve the quality of care
  40. Palliative care consultants’ ethical concerns with advanced cancer patients participating in phase 1 clinical trials. A case study
  41. Beyond the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order
  42. Palliative medicine in Mediterranean countries: different approaches, same philosophy
  43. The Patient Dignity Inventory: Just another evaluation tool? Experiences with advanced cancer patients
  44. Palliative Care: Seeing Is Believing
  45. Palliative Care Bedside Teaching: A Qualitative Analysis of Medical Students’ Reflective Writings after Clinical Practices
  46. Early integration needs early education
  47. Ranking of Palliative Care Development in the Countries of the European Union
  48. ‘Dignity therapy’, a promising intervention in palliative care: A comprehensive systematic literature review
  49. Integrated palliative care in Europe: a qualitative systematic literature review of empirically-tested models in cancer and chronic disease
  50. Experiences in Clinical Ethics: A Project for Meetings on Clinical Ethics in Palliative Medicine
  51. What Unites Palliative Care on Both Sides of the Atlantic? Experiences of a Third-Year Medical Student
  52. Integrated palliative care in the Spanish context: a systematic review of the literature
  53. Coverage and development of specialist palliative care services across the World Health Organization European Region (2005–2012): Results from a European Association for Palliative Care Task Force survey of 53 Countries
  54. To what degree is palliative care integrated in guidelines and pathways for adult cancer patients in Europe: a systematic literature review
  55. Towards integration of palliative care in patients with chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review of European guidelines and pathways
  56. An International Consensus Definition of the Wish to Hasten Death and Its Related Factors
  57. Encuentro sobre educación de cuidado paliativo en Latinoamérica. Recomendaciones sobre enseñanza en el pregrado y en el primer nivel de atención de salud
  58. Changes in the world of palliative care
  59. Spanish Version of the Patient Dignity Inventory: Translation and Validation in Patients With Advanced Cancer
  60. The contribution of undergraduate palliative care education
  61. Policy on palliative care in the WHO European region: an overview of progress since the Council of Europe’s (2003) recommendation 24
  62. Palliative Care Medical Education in European Universities: A Descriptive Study and Numerical Scoring System Proposal for Assessing Educational Development
  63. Carlos Centeno—Lessons learnt
  64. Education, implementation, and policy barriers to greater integration of palliative care: A literature review
  65. Policies on palliative care for older people in Europe
  66. Comparative Analysis of Specialization in Palliative Medicine Processes Within the World Health Organization European Region
  67. Palliative Care in Latin America from the Professional Perspective: A SWOT Analysis
  68. Patient Dignity Inventory--Spanish Version
  69. Opioids prescription for symptoms relief and the impact on respiratory function
  70. A qualitative exploratory study of nursing students' assessment of the contribution of palliative care learning
  71. Does palliative care education matter to medical students? The experience of attending an undergraduate course in palliative care
  72. Cómo responder al paciente con cáncer avanzado que nos plantea el uso de cannabis como tratamiento sintomático
  73. International research: Comparison and collaboration to understand and promote palliative care
  74. Care Professions and Globalization
  75. Panorama actual de la enseñanza de medicina paliativa en la universidad española
  76. First Spanish Version of the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale: Psychometric Properties, Responsiveness, and Factor Loadings
  77. Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale--Spanish Version
  78. Metilfenidato en pacientes que reciben cuidados paliativos: ¿en qué momento de la investigación nos encontramos?
  79. An update on the importance of monitoring serum magnesium in advanced disease patients
  80. A Prospective Study of Methylnaltrexone for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Advanced Illness: Should We Use It or Not?
  81. A systematic review of the influence of opioids on advanced cancer patient survival
  82. Status of palliative care in Latin America
  83. Versión española del Edmonton Symptom Assessment Sytem (ESAS): un instrumento de referencia para la valoración sintomática del paciente con cáncer avanzado
  84. Repeated Use of Subcutaneous Levetiracetam in a Palliative Care Patient
  85. The Spanish Version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised (ESAS-r): First Psychometric Analysis Involving Patients With Advanced Cancer
  86. Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised--Spanish Version
  87. Hypomagnesemia as a possible explanation behind episodes of severe pain in cancer patients receiving palliative care
  88. Afectación progresiva de pares craneales en un paciente con adenocarcinoma de próstata metastásico
  89. Multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial on the efficacy of methylphenidate on depressive symptoms in advanced cancer patients
  90. A new palliative care consultation team at the oncology department of a university hospital: an assessment of initial efficiency and effectiveness
  91. The association between in-patient death, utilization of hospital resources and availability of palliative home care for cancer patients
  92. Astenia en cáncer avanzado y uso de psicoestimulantes
  93. Paraparesia y dolor severo en varón previamente sano
  94. Uso de modafinilo en astenia por cáncer avanzado
  95. A comprehensive study of psychometric properties of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in Spanish advanced cancer patients
  96. The use of psychostimulants in cancer patients
  97. ¿Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud?
  98. In Which Journals Do Active Researchers of Palliative Care Publish Their Articles?
  99. Alucinaciones visuales y dolor inusual en relación a hipomagnesemia en un paciente con cáncer avanzado
  100. Letters from Relatives: A Source of Information Providing Rich Insight into the experience of the Family in Palliative Care
  101. Clinical use of oral laxatives in palliative care services in Spain
  102. Barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe
  103. Hiperalgesia en sujetos tratados con opioides
  104. Screening for Constipation in Palliative Care Patients
  105. Spanish “Fine Tuning” of Language To Describe Depression and Anxiety
  106. Teaching Dying Patient Care in Three Universities in Argentina, Spain, and Italy
  107. Corrigendum to “The management of constipation in palliative care: clinical practice recommendations” by PJ Larkin, NP Sykes, C Centeno, JE Ellershaw, F Elsner, B Eugene, JRG Gootjes, M Nabal, A Noguera, C Ripamonti, F Zucco, and WWA Zuurmond; On behal...
  108. What is the Best Term in Spanish to Express the Concept of Cancer-Related Fatigue?
  109. Barriers to the Development of Palliative Care in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
  110. What keeps a palliative medicine physician so busy with patients? Time expenditure in palliative care
  111. Superior vena cava syndrome
  112. Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital
  113. Development of National and International Standards
  114. The management of constipation in palliative care: clinical practice recommendations
  115. Official certification of doctors working in palliative medicine in Europe: data from an EAPC study in 52 European countries
  116. Phase I and Pharmacokinetic Study of Gemcitabine Administered at Fixed-Dose Rate, Combined with Docetaxel/Melphalan/Carboplatin, with Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor-Cell Support, in Patients with Advanced Refractory Tumors
  117. Facts and indicators on palliative care development in 52 countries of the WHO European region: results of an EAPC task force
  118. Palliative care in Europe: an emerging approach to comparative analysis
  119. Effects of Parenteral Hydration in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Study
  120. Methadone for Pain Syndromes with Predominant Neuropathic Features in Cancer Patients
  121. Delirium in advanced cancer patients
  122. Bone metastases
  123. Radiotherapy for palliation of symptoms
  124. Spain
  125. The reality of palliative care in Spain
  126. Palliative Care in Spain: An Evolving Model
  127. Correspondence
  128. Views and Overviews
  129. Intestinal bleeding in disseminated non-small cell lung cancer
  130. Pamidronate and Metastatic Breast Cancer
  131. Questioning diagnosis disclosure in terminal cancer patients: a prospective study evaluating patients' responses
  132. A Professional Perspective on End-of-Life Care