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Welcome to the official free Podcast site from SAGE Publications for Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care. SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets with principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore.

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Development of a measure (ICECAP-Close Person Measure) through qualitative methods to capture the benefits of end-of-life care to those close to the dying for use in economic evaluation 27.01.2017 4:23

In this episode Dr Alastair Canaway (Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick) presents the findings of study which aimed to develop an outcome measure suitable for use in economic evaluation that captures the benefits of end-of-life care to those close to the dying. Full paper from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269216316650616

Differences in out-of-pocket costs of healthcare in the last year of life of older people in 13 European countries. 27.01.2017 7:00

In this episode Yolanda Penders (End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium) presents a study which aimed to investigate the self-reported out-of-pocket costs associated with healthcare in the last year of life of older adults in Europe. Full paper from:http:// pmj.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/27/0269216316647206.abstract

Experiences of patients and caregivers with early palliative care: A qualitative study. 26.01.2017 3:40

In this episode Camilla Zimmermann (University of Toronto) presents the findings of qualitative study which aimed to determine, from a participant perspective, the experience of receiving early palliative care and elements of that care. Full paper from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269216316649126

A call for increased paediatric palliative care research 24.01.2017 6:20

In this episode Professor Myra Bluebond-Langner (Louis Dundas Centre for Children's Palliative Care) discusses the challenges faced by researchers aiming to recruit children and young people (CYP) with life-limiting conditions (LLCs) or life-threatening illnesses (LTIs) to research studies. For the full paper: http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/30/10/979

The palliative care related problems of tuberculosis 24.01.2017 4:08

In this episode Dr Richard Harding (Kings College London) presents a study of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis. Specifically the study aimed to (1) identify most burdensome problems, (2) compare intensity of problems for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis and (3) identify predictors of problem identifiers. Full paper from: http ://pmj.sagepub.com/content/30/9/862.long

Patient and caregiver perspectives on managing pain in advanced cancer 21.11.2016 5:48

Patient and caregiver perspectives on managing pain in advanced cancer In this episode Mary Godfrey (University of Leeds) discusses the knowledge gap in the literature between the conception of pain as complex, and the processes of how patients with cancer understand and experience pain. She outlines her qualitative longitudinal study, which involved face-to-face interviews and audio diaries with...