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'Less ticking the boxes, more providing support': A qualitative study on health professionals' concerns towards the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway

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A comparison of drugs and procedures of care in the Italian hospice and hospital settings: the final three days of life for cancer patients

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A confirmatory bifactor analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in an Italian community sample

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A retrospective comparison of detection and treatment of breast cancer in young and elderly patients

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Accuracy of prognosis estimates by four palliative care teams: a prospective cohort study

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Actual and preferred place of death of cancer patients. Results from the Italian survey of the dying of cancer (ISDOC).

scientific article published on May 2006

Acute Radiation Colitis after Preoperative Short-Course Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: A Morphological, Immunohistochemical and Genetic Study

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Awareness of general practitioners concerning cancer patients' preferences for place of death: evidence from four European countries

scientific article published on 15 February 2013

Breast-cancer in the elderly - detection and treatment modalities in 341 women ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Cancer patients as 'experts' in defining quality of life domains. A multicentre survey by the Italian Group for the Evaluation of Outcomes in Oncology (IGEO).

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Cancer trajectories at the end of life: is there an effect of age and gender?

scientific article published on 2 May 2008

Cancer-related fatigue in Italian cancer patients: validation of the Italian version of the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI).

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

Changes in the quality of life of people with thalassemia major between 2001 and 2009.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Communication in end-of-life cancer care: a comparison of team assessments in three European countries.

scientific article published in September 2002

Concomitant versus sequential administration of epirubicin and paclitaxel as first-line therapy in metastatic breast carcinoma: results for the Gruppo Oncologico Nord Ovest randomized trial.

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Development of the care programme for the last days of life for older patients in acute geriatric hospital wards: a phase 0-1 study according to the Medical Research Council Framework

scientific article published on 9 May 2015

Distal hyperplastic polyps do not predict proximal adenomas: results from a multicentric study of colorectal adenomas.

scientific article published in August 1997

Do patients with rectosigmoid adenomas 5 mm or less in diameter need total colonoscopy?

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Does quality of life assessment in palliative care look like a complex screening program?

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Dying of cancer in Italy: impact on family and caregiver. The Italian Survey of Dying of Cancer.

scientific article published on June 2007

Dying with cancer, living well with advanced cancer.

scientific article published on 14 March 2008

EAPC White Paper on outcome measurement in palliative care: Improving practice, attaining outcomes and delivering quality services - Recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Outcome Measurement

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Early palliative care in haematological patients: a systematic literature review

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Editorial: place of death. It is time for a change of gear

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Effect of a palliative home care team on hospital admissions among patients with advanced cancer

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Effectiveness of complex interventions focused on quality-of-life assessment to improve palliative care patients' outcomes: a systematic review

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End-of-life care: pathways and evidence

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End-of-life communication: a retrospective survey of representative general practitioner networks in four countries

scientific article published on 7 August 2013

Enhancing patient-reported outcome measurement in research and practice of palliative and end-of-life care ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2012

Evaluation of a new model of short-term palliative care for people severely affected with multiple sclerosis: a randomised fast-track trial to test timing of referral and how long the effect is maintained

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Evaluation of a screening programme for psychological distress in cancer survivors

scientific article published on 18 November 2009

Expectations about and impact of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient in an Italian hospital

scientific article published on 14 January 2011

Feasibility of assessing quality of care at the end of life in two cluster trials using an after-death approach with multiple assessments

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Health services research on end-of-life care.

scientific article published on September 2009

Home palliative care for terminal cancer patients: a survey on the final week of life.

scientific article published in May 1999

Illness awareness in cancer patients: a conceptual framework and a preliminary classification hypothesis

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

Impact of two different dose-intensity chemotherapy regimens on psychological distress in early breast cancer patients.

scientific article published in February 2002

Implementing the care programme for the last days of life in an acute geriatric hospital ward: a phase 2 mixed method study

scientific article published on 5 March 2016

Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards using the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life: study protocol for a phase 3 cluster randomized controlled trial

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Inequity in the provision of and access to palliative care for cancer patients. Results from the Italian survey of the dying of cancer (ISDOC).

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International palliative care experts' view on phenomena indicating the last hours and days of life.

scientific article published on 15 December 2012

Interobserver agreement in the histologic diagnosis of colorectal polyps. the experience of the multicenter adenoma colorectal study (SMAC).

scientific article published in March 2003

Is euthyroidism the goal of surgical treatment of diffuse toxic goitre?

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Issues and needs in end-of-life decision making: an international modified Delphi study

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Liverpool Care Pathway for patients with cancer in hospital: a cluster randomised trial

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Methodological issues in a before-after study design to evaluate the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient in hospital.

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Overcoming cultural barriers to giving bad news: feasibility of training to promote truth-telling to cancer patients

scientific article published in January 2009

Phase IIa study of fenretinide in superficial bladder cancer, using DNA flow cytometry as an intermediate end point

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Predicting mood disorders in breast cancer patients.

scientific article published in January 2001

Predicting survival in terminal cancer patients: clinical observation or quality-of-life evaluation?

scientific article published in April 2005

Prevalence, distress, management, and relief of pain during the last 3 months of cancer patients' life. Results of an Italian mortality follow-back survey.

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Psychological and symptom distress in terminal cancer patients with met and unmet needs.

scientific article published in June 1999

Quality of cancer end-of-life care: discordance between bereaved relatives and professional proxies

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

Quality of life assessment and clinical decision-making*

scientific article published on 01 December 1997

Quality-of-life evaluation: when do terminal cancer patients and health-care providers agree?

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Randomized phase III trial evaluating the role of erythropoietin in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced anemia ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Response and role of palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national telephone survey of hospices in Italy

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Students, Severe Illness, and Palliative Care: Results From a Pilot Study on a School-Based Intervention

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Survey of Italian general practitioners: knowledge, opinions, and activities of palliative care.

scientific article published on 27 November 2012

Terminal Cancer Patients and Timing of Referral to Palliative Care A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

The Ligurian high-school educational project on palliative care: development and piloting of a school-based intervention on bereavement and severe illness.

scientific article published on 10 September 2013

The Liverpool Care Pathway for cancer patients dying in hospital medical wards: a before-after cluster phase II trial of outcomes reported by family members

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The effectiveness of the Liverpool care pathway in improving end of life care for dying cancer patients in hospital. A cluster randomised trial ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2011

The effectiveness of the quality program Pac-IficO to improve pain management in hospitalized cancer patients: a before-after cluster phase II trial.

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The experience of accreditation of the Reggio Emilia Research Hospital with the OECI model

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

The last three months of life of Italian cancer patients. Methods, sample characteristics and response rate of the Italian Survey of the Dying of Cancer (ISDOC)

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

The value of uncertainty in critical illness? An ethnographic study of patterns and conflicts in care and decision-making trajectories.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Thymidine labelling index as prognostic factor in resected non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published in January 1990

Tumor detection and staging modalities in older patients with breast cancer: a profile of a group of Italian women

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Validity of caregiver-reported hospital admission in a study on the quality of care received by terminally ill cancer patients.

scientific article published on 17 May 2009

Validity, reliability and responsiveness to change of the Italian palliative care outcome scale: a multicenter study of advanced cancer patients

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Variation in medication use in cancer patients at the end of life: a cross-sectional analysis.

scientific article published on 14 October 2012

Wolfe's mammographic patterns in women with gross cystic disease of the breast

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

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