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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Editorial
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Palliative care research
T2 - has it come of age?
AU - Walshe, Catherine
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Why is research in palliative care so difficult, after all it is not rocket science, is it? Yet the palliative care literature is replete with reports explaining the challenges of conducting research in our field. Such reports often explain why studies have been difficult to conduct, discussing a wide range of complex issues associated with research structure and process, such as access, recruitment, defining our populations of interest, consent, attrition, ethical issues, funding, research capacity and infrastructure. These are important issues that have had a real effect on the quality and quantity of palliative care research. As an illustration, Cochrane reviews on the pharmacological management of the common, debilitating symptoms …
AB - Why is research in palliative care so difficult, after all it is not rocket science, is it? Yet the palliative care literature is replete with reports explaining the challenges of conducting research in our field. Such reports often explain why studies have been difficult to conduct, discussing a wide range of complex issues associated with research structure and process, such as access, recruitment, defining our populations of interest, consent, attrition, ethical issues, funding, research capacity and infrastructure. These are important issues that have had a real effect on the quality and quantity of palliative care research. As an illustration, Cochrane reviews on the pharmacological management of the common, debilitating symptoms …
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Palliative Care
KW - Research
KW - Terminal Care
U2 - 10.1177/0269216313511030
DO - 10.1177/0269216313511030
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 24259475
VL - 27
SP - 883
EP - 884
JO - Palliative Medicine
JF - Palliative Medicine
SN - 0269-2163
IS - 10
ER -