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Spring 2010 (26:1)
Editorial
Editorial / Samantha, Claire, Thérèse: Three in one? p.3
Guest Editorial / An Indigenous Issue: Why now? p.5
Articles
- Completing the Circle: Elders speak about end-of-life care with Aboriginal families in Canada / Mary Hampton, Angelina Baydala, Carrie Bourassa, Kim McKay-McNabb, Cheryl Placsko, Ken Goodwill, Betty McKenna, Pat McNabb, and Roxanne Boekelder p.6
- Adaptation, Dissemination, and Evaluation of a Cancer Palliative Care Curriculum for the Indian Health System / Cheryl Arenella, Bruce Finke, Timothy Domer, Judith S. Kaur, Melanie P. Merriman, and Anita Ousley p.15
- Gathering Information to Develop Palliative Care Programs for Alaska's Aboriginal Peoples / Christine A. DeCourtney, P. Kay Branch, and Karen M. Morgan p.22
Case Report
- A Rainbow Named Samantha (Gentle Waters) / Darlene Grantham p.32
Forum
- Finding a Balanced Approach: Incorporating medicine wheel teachings in the care of Aboriginal people at the end of life / Velna Clarke and Lorraine F. Holtslander p.34
- Working with Elders and Advisers in Aboriginal Palliative Care: A story from the Canadian Pallium Project / Gaye Hanson p.37
Orienteering
- Translating Research into Practice: Developing cross-cultural First Nations palliative care / Natalie St. Pierre-Hansen, Len Kelly, Barb Linkewich, Helen Cromarty, and Roger Walker p.41
- An Integrative Framework for Conducting Palliative Care Research with First Nations Communities / Holly Prince and Mary Lou Kelley p.47
Global Exchange
- A New Zealand Perspective on Palliative Care for Maori / Wendy Margaret Muircroft, Judy McKimm, Leeroy William, and Roderick Duncan MacLeod p.54
- The Living Model: An Australian model for Aboriginal palliative care service delivery with international implications / Pam McGrath 59
Reflections
- Lars's Story / Christine DeCourtney p.65
- Eleanor McMullen's Story / Christine DeCourtney, P. Kay Branch, and Karen M. Morgan p.67
Book Reviews
- Grief in Young Children: A Handbook for Adults / Reviewed by Caprice Knapp p.68
- Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults (2nd edition) / Reviewed by Caprice Knapp p.68
- Talking with Bereaved People: An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication / Reviewed by Joan Beder p.70
- Life in a Hospice: Reflections on Caring for the Dying / Reviewed by Stephen Claxton-Oldfield p.70
- Ethical Issues in Home Health Care (2nd edition) / Reviewed by Constance Dahlin p.71
Winter 2010 (25:4)
Editorial
Ambiguity in Palliative Care? / David J. Roy p.243 [click here to read it]
Articles
- Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care: A longitudinal study of patients and their family caregivers in the last months of life / Daren K. Heyland, Christopher Frank, Joan Tranmer, Nancy Paul, Deborah Pichora, Xuran Jiang, and Andrew Day p.245
- Chronic Palliative Care: Specific practices for Alzheimer?s disease sufferers / Jean-Christophe Mino and Marie-Odile Frattini p.257
- Involvement of Nurses in the Euthanasia Care Process in Flanders (Belgium): An exploration of two perspectives / Yvonne Denier, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Nele De Bal, and Chris Gastmans p.264
- Understanding the Provision of Palliative Care in the Context of Primary Health Care: Qualitative research findings from a pilot study in a community setting in Chile / Brenda L. Cameron and Anna Santos Salas p.275
- The Israeli Terminally Ill Patient Law of 2005 / Alan B. Jotkowitz and Shimon Glick p.284
Forum
- Home Hospice Care for the Lung Cancer Patient Living Alone: A case report from Japan / Izumi Kawagoe, Mioko Ito, Shinobu Matsuura, and Koh Kawagoe p.289
From the Bedside
- Cradled between Heaven and Earth. A reply to my patient?s family: Why I couldn?t offer active euthanasia when you asked for it / Beverley Smith p.294
- The Fire Hall / Anonymous p.297
Book Review
- Right to Die / Reviewed by Frank Brennan p.299
Autumn 2009 (25:3)
Editorial
The Very Old? They reveal all of us / David J. Roy p155 [click here to read it]
Articles
- Experiences and Needs of Bereaved Carers during Palliative and End-of-Life Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease /Felicity Hasson, Allison Spence, Mary Waldron, George Kernohan, Dorry McLaughlin, Barbara Watson, and Barbara Cochrane p157
- Delirium in Advanced Cancer Leading to Distress in Patients and Family Caregivers /Marlene Z. Cohen, Ellen A. Pace, Guddi Kaur, and Eduardo Bruera p164
- Transdermal Fentanyl as a Front-Line Approach to Moderate-Severe Pain: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials /Davide Tassinari, Sergio Sartori, Emiliano Tamburini, Emanuela Scarpi, Paola Tombesi, Carlotta Santelmo, and Marco Maltoni p172
- Defence Mechanisms and Coping Strategies among Caregivers in Palliative Care Units /Marie Timmermann, Despina Naziri, and Anne-Marie Etienne p181
- Bad News for the Patient and the Family? The worst part of being a health care professional / Jacqueline Schmidt Rio-Valle, Mari Paz García Caro, Rafael Montoya Juarez, Diego Prados Peña, Antonio Muñoz Vinuesa, Athanasios Pappous, and Francisco Cruz Quintana p191
- Dealing with Palliative Care Patients? Incomplete Music Therapy Legacies: Reflexive group supervision research / Clare O?Callaghan, Helen Petering, Amy Thomas, and Rebecca Crappsley p197
- The Long-Term Effect of a Population-Based Educational Intervention Focusing on End-of-Life Home Care, Life-Prolongation Treatment, and Knowledge about Palliative Care / Kazuki Sato, Mitsunori Miyashita, Tatsuya Morita, and Masao Suzuki p206
Frontline Dispatch
Pediatric Enteral Feeding Intolerance: A new prognosticator for children with life-limiting illness? / Harold Siden, Tara Tucker, Sarah Derman, Kelly Cox, Gordon S. Soon, Carol Hartnett, and Lynn Straatman p213
Global Exchange
Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Older People in Ireland: A new model and framework for institutional care / Sheila Payne, Katherine Froggatt, Eamon O?Shea, Kathy Murphy, Philip Larkin, Dympna Casey,and Aine Ní Léime p218
Case Report
Hypomania and Terminal Illness /François Sirois p227
Abstracts
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference: Voyages in Care and Understanding p233
Summer 2009 (25 :2)
Editorial
Where Are the Falconers? A meditation on leadership / David J. Roy [click here to read it]
Articles
- Living with Advanced Cancer and Short Life Expectancy: Patients' experiences with managing medication / Anne Marit Sand, Janet Harris, Jan Henrik Rosland
- Referrals of Cancer versus Non-cancer Patients to a Palliative Care Consult Team: Do they differ? / Boris Cantin, Laura E. Rothuisen, Thierry Buclin, José Pereira, Claudia Mazzocato
- Might Massage or Guided Meditation Provide "Means to a Better End"? Primary outcomes from an efficacy trial with patients at the end of life / Lois Downey, Paula Diehr, Leanna J. Standish, Donald L. Patrick, Leila Kozak, Douglass Fisher, Sean Congdon, William E. Lafferty
Forum
- Lessons in Death and Dying / Katherine Arnup
- Using Philosophy to Help Manage the Fear of Death / Stephen Buetow, Carol McAllum, Ross Upshur
- Moving Culture beyond Ethnicity: Examining dying in hospital through a cultural lens / Lisa S. Chan, Mary Ellen Macdonald, S. Robin Cohen
Front Line Dispatch
- Enhancing Interprofessional Education in End-of-life Care: An interdisciplinary exploration of death and dying in literature / Susan Brajtman, Pippa Hall, Peter Barnes
Global Exchange
- Innovative Pediatric Palliative Care Programs in Four Countries / Caprice Knapp, Vanessa Madden, Joan Marston, Rosemary Midson, Andrea Murphy, Elizabeth Shenkman
- East Meets West. Spirituality Training in Palliative Care: A Taiwanese-Australian partnership / Douglas T. Bridge, Ming-Liang Lai
Case Report
- Treatment of Medication Intolerance with Lactase in a Complex Palliative Care Patient / Regis Vaillancourt, Rabiah Siddiqui, Chris Vadeboncoeur, Marion Rattray, Doris Lariviere
Reflections from the Bedside
- A Final Toast / Alex MacLean
Book Reviews
- Palliative Care in the European Union / reviewed by Henk Ten Have
- Validation Techniques for Dementia Care / reviewed by Barbara M. Usher
- Effective Grief and Bereavement Support / reviewed by Barbara Brown
- The Creative Arts in Palliative Care / reviewed by Elizabeth Hall
Spring 2009 (25:1)
Editorial
The Dying Can Teach Us? / David J. Roy [PDF to come]
Articles
- Palliative Sedation at Home / Ora S. Rosengarten, Yonat Lamed, Timna Zisling, Ayelet Feigin, Jeremy M. Jacobs
- Patients' Experiences of Physical Therapy / Ylva Dahlin, Susanne Heiwe
- The "Good" Rural Death: A report of an ethnographic study in Alberta, Canada / Donna M. Wilson, Lise Fillion, Roger Thomas, Christopher Justice, Paramjit P. Bhardwah, Anne-Marie Veillette
- Volunteers in Palliative Care Make a Difference / Katrien G. Luijkx, Jos M.G.A. Schols
- A Quality End of Life from a Palliative Care Patient's Perspective / Iris Gourdji, Lynne McVey, Margaret Purden
- A Palliative Care Intervention in Forgiveness Therapy for Elderly Terminally Ill Cancer Patients / Mary J. Hansen, Robert D. Enright, Thomas W. Baskin, John Klatt
- What is a Good Death? Stories from Palliative Care / Jennifer D de Jong, Linda E. Clarke
Forum
- Caregiver Empowerment and Music Therapy: Through the eyes of bereaved caregivers of advanced cancer patients / Lucanne Magill
Book Reviews
- Freedom to Choose: How to make end-of-life decisions on your own terms
- Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care
- Final Conversations: Helping the living and the dying talk to each other
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