"Palliative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D010166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
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| Concept/Terms |
Palliative Care- Palliative Care
- Care, Palliative
- Therapy, Palliative
- Palliative Therapy
- Palliative Treatment
- Palliative Treatments
- Treatment, Palliative
- Treatments, Palliative
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palliative Care" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of multi-party consultations on child involvement in clinical encounters: An observational study of paediatric palliative care. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Aug; 149:109672.
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Involving Nonspeaking and Speaking Children in Clinical Encounters: An Observational Study of Real-World Clinical Encounters. J Paediatr Child Health. 2026 Feb; 62(2):273-281.
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Predictors of Specialty Outpatient Palliative Care Utilization Among Persons With Serious Illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Dec; 68(6):583-593.
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Palliative care patient emergency department visits at tertiary university-based emergency department in Ireland. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 04; 66:76-80.
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Nurse-Led Telephonic Palliative Care: A Case-Based Series of a Novel Model of Palliative Care Delivery. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2022 04 01; 24(2):E3-E9.
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Attending to child agency in paediatric palliative care consultations: Adults' use of tag questions directed to the child. Sociol Health Illn. 2022 03; 44(3):566-585.
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Pragmatic Considerations in Incorporating Stakeholder Engagement Into a Palliative Care Transitions Study. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(Suppl 4):S370-S378.
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Changing Institutional Culture Around Hospice Using LEAN Tools to Improve Hospice Utilization in a Veteran Population. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 10; 62(4):836-842.
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Awareness of Palliative Care, Hospice Care, and Advance Directives in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):601-609.
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Development and protocol for a nurse-led telephonic palliative care program. Nurs Outlook. 2021 Jul-Aug; 69(4):626-631.