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Research

• Spiritual care: how to do it (11 July, 2012)

  Shane Sinclair, Shelley Raffin Bouchal, Harvey Chochinov, Neil Hagen, Susan McClement
• Multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial on the efficacy of methylphenidate on depressive symptoms in advanced cancer patients (31 May, 2012)

  Carlos Centeno, Alvaro Sanz, Miguel Angel Cuervo, Daniel Ramos, Silvia Hernansanz, Jesús Gonzalez, Maria Jose Almaraz, Marcos Lama, Francisco Vara, María Nabal, Antonio Pascual
• The burden of non-acute dying on society: dying of cancer and chronic disease in the European Union (28 August, 2012)

  Jeroen Hasselaar, Yvonne Engels, Johan Menten, Birgit Jaspers, Kris Vissers
• Understanding spirituality: a synoptic view (30 July, 2012)

  Mark Cobb, Christopher Dowrick, Mari Lloyd-Williams
• Late effects and healthcare needs of survivors of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a qualitative study (2 August, 2012)

  Jessica P Hwang, Aimee K Roundtree, Sergio A Giralt, Maria Suarez-Almazor
• Lack of association between genetic variability and multiple pain-related outcomes in a large cohort of patients with advanced cancer: the European Pharmacogenetic Opioid Study (EPOS) (27 September, 2012)

  Torill Fladvad, Peter Fayers, Frank Skorpen, Stein Kaasa, Pål Klepstad
• Structure, organisation and clinical outcomes in cancer patients of hospital support teams in Spain (15 October, 2012)

  Albert Tuca-Rodriguez, Xavier Gómez-Batiste, Jose Espinosa-Rojas, Marisa Martínez-Muñoz, Nuria Codorniu, Josep Porta-Sales
• Pilot study of the impact of massage therapy on sources and levels of distress in brain tumour patients (27 September, 2012)

  Stephen Thomas Keir, Julia R Saling
• Measuring patients’ experiences with palliative care: the Consumer Quality Index Palliative Care (20 September, 2012)

  Susanne J J Claessen, Anneke L Francke, Herman J Sixma, Anke J E de Veer, Luc Deliens