NEW! Palliative Care in people with dementia
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Ethical, legal, and social aspects of health technologies for home-based paediatric palliative care – a systematic review
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“It’s my life, it’s my choice and I want to say when” vs “A good death is to be on good terms with God”. Comparing the views of people with dementia in the UK and Brazil about a good death: a cross-cultural qualitative study
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“You like to be in control of your own destiny to a degree, don't you?”: conscientious autonomy and planning for future care with dementia
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The influence of spirituality on psychological resilience in cancer patients undergoing oncological treatment: a cross-sectional study
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When a parent dies – a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers
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Oxygen use and survival in patients with advanced cancer and low oxygen saturation in home care: a preliminary retrospective cohort study
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Timing of palliative care referral and aggressive cancer care toward the end-of-life in pancreatic cancer: a retrospective, single-center observational study
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Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines
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The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]
Aims and scope
BMC Palliative Care is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.245
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.907
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 9
Submission to acceptance (median days): 169
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