palliative care: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
The history, principles, and models of palliative care are discussed in Geoffrey W.C. Hanks et al. (eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th ed. (2011); Sheila Payne, Jane Seymour, and Christine Ingleton (eds.), Palliative Care Nursing: Principles and Evidence for Practice, 2nd ed. (2008); and Christina Faull, Yvonne H. Carter, and Lilian Daniels (eds.), Handbook of Palliative Care, 2nd ed. (2005).
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Catriona Kennedy
Catriona Kennedy is a Professor in Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick. Her clinical, education and research background is in community health nursing and palliative care. Kennedy's areas of interest and expertise include community nursing, palliative and cancer care, knowledge and decision making, qualitative and quantitative approaches, integrative and systematic reviewing.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: New England Journal of Medicine - Early Specialty Palliative Care Translating Data in Oncology into Practice (PDF). | Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Palliative care. | Mar 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Why Palliative Care is an essential function of Primary Health Care (PDF). | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institute on Aging - What Are Palliative Care and Hospice Care? | Sep 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: New England Journal of Medicine - Early Specialty Palliative Care Translating Data in Oncology into Practice (PDF). | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Palliative Care. | Jun 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Palliative care: Earlier is better (PDF). | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Drugs.com - Palliative Care. | Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - What Is Palliative Care Medicine? | May 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Palliative care. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is Palliative Care? | Jun 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Palliative Care. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - What is Palliative Care and What You Need To Know. | Nov 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedlinePlus - What is palliative care? | Jun 01, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organisation - Palliative care. | Dec 06, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Palliative Care. | Dec 06, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Hospice. | Feb 21, 2012 | ||
| Changed definition of hospice care from "care provided in the last six months of life" to "care provided near the end of life." | Feb 14, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jan 27, 2012 | ||
| New article added. | Jan 27, 2012 |
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