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Research

• Patients with pancreatic cancer and relatives talk about preferred place of death and what influenced their preferences: a qualitative study (25 August, 2011)

  Alison Chapple, Julie Evans, Ann McPherson, Sheila Payne
• Exploring the therapeutic power of narrative at the end of life: a qualitative analysis of narratives emerging in dignity therapy (29 August, 2011)

  Glendon R Tait, Catherine Schryer, Allan McDougall, Lorelei Lingard
• Oncology professionals' views on the use of antidepressants in cancer patients: a qualitative interview study (25 August, 2011)

  Patricia Holch, Kate L Absolom, Simon Pini, Kate M Hill, Alan Liu, Michael Sharpe, Alison Richardson, Christian Hosker, Galina Velikova
• Increased mortality in parents bereaved in the first year of their child's life (1 September, 2011) Free

  Mairi Harper, Rory C O'Connor, Ronan E O'Carroll
• Opinions of patients with cancer on the relative importance of place of death in the context of a ‘good death’ (25 August, 2011)

  Melanie Waghorn, Holly Young, Andrew Davies
• A novel approach to enhancing hope in patients with advanced cancer: a randomised phase II trial of dignity therapy (9 October, 2011)

  Sue Hall, Cassie Goddard, Diana Opio, Peter W Speck, Pauline Martin, Irene J Higginson
• Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary consultation team for cancer pain and palliative care in a large university hospital in the Netherlands (9 October, 2011)

  Joost L M Jongen, Anke Overbeck, Dirk L Stronks, Lia van Zuylen, Monique Booms, Frank J Huygen, Carin C D van der Rijt
• How is agitation and restlessness managed in the last 24 h of life in patients whose care is supported by the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient? (1 December, 2011)

  M Gambles, T McGlinchey, R Latten, A Dickman, D Lowe, J E Ellershaw