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Most-Read Articles during June 2012 thru May 2013

Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month and are based on full-text and pdf views.

  1. Clinical research: Patients' reports or clinicians' assessments: which are better for prognosticating?
    • Paddy Stone,
    • Bridget Gwilliam,
    • Vaughan Keeley,
    • Chris Todd,
    • Matthew Gittins,
    • Laura Kelly,
    • Stephen Barclay,
    • Chris Roberts
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 219-223 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000216
    Editor's Choice
  2. Review: Public attitudes to death and dying in the UK: a review of published literature
    • Karen Cox,
    • Lydia Bird,
    • Anthony Arthur,
    • Sheila Kennedy,
    • Kristian Pollock,
    • Arun Kumar,
    • Wendy Stanton,
    • Jane Seymour
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 37-45 Published Online First: 2 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000203
    Editor's Choice
  3. Research: A comparison of cognitive function, sleep and activity levels in disease-free breast cancer patients with or without cancer-related fatigue syndrome
    • Ollie Minton,
    • Patrick C Stone
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 231-238 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000172
    Open Access
  4. Research: Quality of advance care planning policy and practice in residential aged care facilities in Australia
    • William Silvester,
    • Rachael S Fullam,
    • Ruth A Parslow,
    • Virginia J Lewis,
    • Rebekah Sjanta,
    • Lynne Jackson,
    • Vanessa White,
    • Jane Gilchrist
    BMJ Support Palliat Care bmjspcare-2012-000262Published Online First: 14 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000262
    Open Access
  5. Research: The impact of advance care planning of place of death, a hospice retrospective cohort study
    • Julian Abel,
    • Andy Pring,
    • Alison Rich,
    • Tariq Malik,
    • Julia Verne
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 168-173 Published Online First: 14 March 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000327
    Open Access
  6. Research: Spiritual care: how to do it
    • Shane Sinclair,
    • Shelley Raffin Bouchal,
    • Harvey Chochinov,
    • Neil Hagen,
    • Susan McClement
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 319-327 Published Online First: 11 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000191
  7. Review: Congruence between preferred and actual place of death according to the presence of malignant or non-malignant disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    • Matthew James Billingham,
    • Sarah-Jane Billingham
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 144-154 Published Online First: 22 January 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000292
    Editor's Choice
  8. Research: Development and evaluation of an aged care specific Advance Care Plan
    • William Silvester,
    • Ruth A Parslow,
    • Virginia J Lewis,
    • Rachael S Fullam,
    • Rebekah Sjanta,
    • Lynne Jackson,
    • Vanessa White,
    • Rosalie Hudson
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 188-195 Published Online First: 14 March 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000392
    Open Access
  9. Research: A qualitative analysis of the elements used by palliative care clinicians when formulating a survival estimate
    • Rose Clarkson,
    • Debbie Selby,
    • Jeff Myers
    BMJ Support Palliat Care bmjspcare-2012-000320Published Online First: 30 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000320
    Open Access
  10. Research: Defining the palliative care patient: its challenges and implications for service delivery
    • Helen Mitchell,
    • Simon Noble,
    • Ilora Finlay,
    • Annmarie Nelson
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 46-52 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000220
  11. Features: Guideline for the management of terminal haemorrhage in palliative care patients with advanced cancer discharged home for end-of-life care
    • Edith Ubogagu,
    • Dylan G Harris
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 294-300 Published Online First: 4 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000253
  12. Feature: Opioids in palliative care: is the new NICE guideline relevant to specialist palliative care providers?
    • Mark Taubert,
    • Joy R Ross,
    • Matthew Prettyjohns,
    • Mia Schmidt-Hansen,
    • Michael I Bennett
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 209-212 Published Online First: 30 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000313
  13. Research: Factors affecting recruitment to an observational multicentre palliative care study
    • Patrick C Stone,
    • Bridget Gwilliam,
    • Vaughan Keeley,
    • Chris Todd,
    • Laura C Kelly,
    • Stephen Barclay
    BMJ Support Palliat Care bmjspcare-2012-000396Published Online First: 7 January 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000396
    Open Access
  14. Research: Cultural understanding in the provision of supportive and palliative care: perspectives in relation to an indigenous population
    • Grace Johnston,
    • Adele Vukic,
    • Skylan Parker
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 61-68 Published Online First: 3 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000122
    Open Access
  15. Features: How to design and implement palliative care public health programmes: foundation measures. An operational paper by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes at the Catalan Institute of Oncology
    • Xavier Gómez-Batiste,
    • Jan Stjernsward,
    • Jose Espinosa,
    • Marisa Martínez-Muñoz,
    • Jordi Trelis,
    • Carles Constante
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 18-25 Published Online First: 4 October 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000215
  16. Review: The unmet needs of partners and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review
    • Sylvie D Lambert,
    • James D Harrison,
    • Ellen Smith,
    • Billie Bonevski,
    • Mariko Carey,
    • Catalina Lawsin,
    • Chris Paul,
    • Afaf Girgis
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 224-230 Published Online First: 6 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000226
  17. Research: Development of a generic working definition of ‘supportive care’
    • Fiona Cramp,
    • Michael I Bennett
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 53-60 Published Online First: 2 August 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000222
  18. Editorials: Better—but good enough? The first randomised controlled trial of psychostimulants for depressive symptoms in advanced cancer
    • Lauren Rayner,
    • Matthew Hotopf
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 290-291 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000328
  19. Research: Multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial on the efficacy of methylphenidate on depressive symptoms in advanced cancer patients
    • Carlos Centeno,
    • Alvaro Sanz,
    • Miguel Angel Cuervo,
    • Daniel Ramos,
    • Silvia Hernansanz,
    • Jesús Gonzalez,
    • Maria Jose Almaraz,
    • Marcos Lama,
    • Francisco Vara,
    • María Nabal,
    • Antonio Pascual
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 328-333 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000093
  20. Editorials: End-of-life care for non-cancer patients
    • Jason Boland,
    • Miriam J Johnson
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 2-3 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000446
  21. Research: Understanding spirituality: a synoptic view
    • Mark Cobb,
    • Christopher Dowrick,
    • Mari Lloyd-Williams
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 339-343 Published Online First: 30 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000225
  22. Letters: Life-sustaining medical devices at the end of life
    • Maria McKenna,
    • Neil Wrightson,
    • Claud Regnard,
    • Stephen Clark
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 5-7 Published Online First: 1 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000364
  23. Research: Anticipatory prescribing in terminal care at home: what challenges do community health professionals encounter?
    • Christina Faull,
    • Kate Windridge,
    • Elizabeth Ockleford,
    • Michael Hudson
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 91-97 Published Online First: 27 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000193
  24. Editorials: Are you a successful researcher? Well, it depends on who's asking
    • Simon Noble
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 207-208 Published Online First: 16 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000301
  25. Research: Collaborative palliative care for advanced heart failure: outcomes and costs from the ‘Better Together’ pilot study
    • Jill F Pattenden,
    • Anne R Mason,
    • R J P Lewin
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 69-76 Published Online First: 4 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000251
  26. Letters: Subcutaneous furosemide as palliative treatment in patients with advanced and terminal-phase heart failure
    • Javier Galindo-Ocaña,
    • Juan Romero-Mena,
    • Juan Ramón Castillo-Ferrando,
    • Carmen Aguilera-González,
    • Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel,
    • Manuel Ollero-Baturone
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 7-9 Published Online First: 14 December 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000296
  27. Research: Continuous palliative sedation until death: practice after introduction of the Dutch national guideline
    • Siebe J Swart,
    • Agnes van der Heide,
    • Tijn Brinkkemper,
    • Lia van Zuylen,
    • Roberto Perez,
    • Judith Rietjens
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 256-263 Published Online First: 11 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000063
  28. Research: The burden of non-acute dying on society: dying of cancer and chronic disease in the European Union
    • Jeroen Hasselaar,
    • Yvonne Engels,
    • Johan Menten,
    • Birgit Jaspers,
    • Kris Vissers
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 334-338 Published Online First: 28 August 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000162
    Press Release
  29. Research: On the emotional connection of medical specialists dealing with death and dying: a qualitative study of oncologists, surgeons, intensive care specialists and palliative medicine specialists
    • Sofia Carolina Zambrano,
    • Anna Chur-Hansen,
    • Brian Crawford
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 270-275 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000208
  30. Editorials: Can e-learning be used to teach end-of-life care?
    • Bee Wee
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 292-293 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000375
  31. Short report: Food or medicine: ethnic variations in perceptions of advanced cancer patients and their caregivers regarding artificial hydration during the last weeks of life
    • Isabel Torres-Vigil,
    • Marlene Z Cohen,
    • Allison de la Rosa,
    • Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas,
    • Beth E Burbach,
    • Kenneth W Tarleton,
    • Whey-May Shen,
    • Eduardo Bruera
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 276-279 Published Online First: 23 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000205
  32. Research: ‘I wish I knew more ...’ the end-of-life planning and information needs for end-stage fibrotic interstitial lung disease: views of patients, carers and health professionals
    • Sabrina Bajwah,
    • Jonathan Koffman,
    • Irene J Higginson,
    • Joy R Ross,
    • Athol U Wells,
    • Surinder S Birring,
    • Julia Riley
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 84-90 Published Online First: 27 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000263
  33. Features: Coordinate My Care: a clinical service that coordinates care, giving patients choice and improving quality of life
    • Clare Smith,
    • Libby Hough,
    • Chi-Chi Cheung,
    • Catherine Millington-Sanders,
    • Eileen Sutton,
    • Joy R Ross,
    • Michael Thick,
    • Julia Riley
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 301-307 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000265
  34. Education: Instruments used to measure the effectiveness of palliative care education initiatives at the undergraduate level: a critical literature review
    • Rosemary Ann Frey,
    • Merryn Gott,
    • Hayley Neil
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 114-119 Published Online First: 30 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000306
  35. Research: Measuring patients’ experiences with palliative care: the Consumer Quality Index Palliative Care
    • Susanne J J Claessen,
    • Anneke L Francke,
    • Herman J Sixma,
    • Anke J E de Veer,
    • Luc Deliens
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 367-372 Published Online First: 20 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000055
  36. Research: Effect of integrated palliative care on the quality of end-of-life care: retrospective analysis of 521 cancer patients
    • Isabelle Colombet,
    • Vincent Montheil,
    • Jean-Philippe Durand,
    • Florence Gillaizeau,
    • Ralph Niarra,
    • Cécile Jaeger,
    • Jérôme Alexandre,
    • François Goldwasser,
    • Pascale Vinant
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 239-247 Published Online First: 29 June 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000157
  37. Research: Defining chronic cancer: patient experiences and self-management needs
    • Clare Harley,
    • Simon Pini,
    • Yvonne Kiera Bartlett,
    • Galina Velikova
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 248-255 Published Online First: 29 June 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000200
  38. Research: An exploratory study of the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of advance care planning in family caregivers of patients with advanced illness in Singapore
    • Raymond Ng,
    • Susan Chan,
    • Tzer Wee Ng,
    • Ai Ling Chiam,
    • Sthenos Lim
    BMJ Support Palliat Care bmjspcare-2012-000243Published Online First: 4 September 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000243
  39. Research: Can the impact of an acute hospital end-of-life care tool on care and symptom burden be measured contemporaneously?
    • Colette M Reid,
    • Jane Gibbins,
    • Sophia Bloor,
    • Melanie Burcombe,
    • Rachel McCoubrie,
    • Karen Forbes
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 161-167 Published Online First: 18 February 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000322
  40. Short report: Public health approaches to end-of-life care in the UK: an online survey of palliative care services
    • Sally Paul,
    • Libby Sallnow
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 196-199 Published Online First: 22 February 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000334
  41. Education: An evaluation of research capacity building from the Cancer Experiences Collaborative
    • Sheila Payne,
    • Jane Seymour,
    • Gunn Grande,
    • Katherine Froggatt,
    • Alex Molassiotis,
    • Mari Lloyd-Williams,
    • Claire Foster,
    • Julia Addington-Hall,
    • Elizabeth Rolls,
    • Chris Todd
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 280-285 Published Online First: 16 July 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000236
  42. Features: An exploration of the word ‘palliative’ in the 19th century: searching the BMJ archives for clues
    • Mark Taubert,
    • Helen Fielding,
    • Emma Mathews,
    • Ricky Frazer
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:1 26-30 Published Online First: 14 November 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000288
  43. Corrections: Correction BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 376 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000143corr1
  44. Short Report: Hospice inpatients' views on physical examination by medical students: is it acceptable?
    • Jennifer Hayes
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 373-375 Published Online First: 31 May 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000202
  45. Short cuts: Articles of interest in other scholarly journals
    • Jason Boland
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 310-311 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000372
  46. Education: Exploring education and training needs among the palliative care workforce
    • Christine Ingleton,
    • Clare Gardiner,
    • Jane E Seymour,
    • Naomi Richards,
    • Merryn Gott
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 207-212 Published Online First: 13 February 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000233
  47. Book review: Review of the Oxford textbook of Palliative Medicine
    • Jason Boland
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:3 286 Published Online First: 22 June 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000272
  48. Research: Late effects and healthcare needs of survivors of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a qualitative study
    • Jessica P Hwang,
    • Aimee K Roundtree,
    • Sergio A Giralt,
    • Maria Suarez-Almazor
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2012;2:4 344-350 Published Online First: 2 August 2012 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000277
  49. Feature: Moral differences in deep continuous palliative sedation and euthanasia
    • Niklas Juth,
    • Anna Lindblad,
    • Niels Lynöe,
    • Manne Sjöstrand,
    • Gert Helgesson
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 203-206 Published Online First: 6 March 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000431
  50. ACPEL abstracts: Morning Breakout 4—Community: THINK AHEAD: AN IRISH CARE PLANNING TOOL
    • S Murphy,
    • B O'Shea
    BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013;3:2 270 doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000491.115

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