Vol 15, No 2 (March 31, 2026): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Editorial | Public Health Palliative Care and Compassionate Communities

Public health palliative care and compassionate communities
Luc Deliens, Bert Quintiens
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Editorial | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Integrating palliative and recovery-oriented perspectives: fostering innovative approaches in end-of life care for people with severe and persistent mental illness
Loïc Moureau, Chantal Van Audenhove, Joris Vandenberghe
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Original Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

“Black box” artificial intelligence for mortality prediction: a mixed-methods study of palliative care team, patient, and caregiver perspectives
Beatrice Bridge, Ahmed Y. Alasmar, Lauren Gunn-Sandell, Regina M. Fink, Stacy M. Fischer, Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga, Eric G. Campbell, Matthew DeCamp
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Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

End-of-life predictions in advanced cancer: nurses’ perspectives and the possible role of contact-free vital sign monitoring—a prospective exploratory observational study
Dai Suganuma, Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi, Akiko Yoshimura, Yoshihiko Sakashita, Masami Fujisato, Yasunori Sato, Shiroh Isono
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Multidisciplinary clinical prediction of survival of patients attending Palliative Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care clinics: a prospective cohort study
Hassan Shahzad, Vickie E. Baracos, Brock Debenham, Sharon M. Watanabe, Ann Huot, Alysa Fairchild
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Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Driving safety in patients with primary brain tumours and brain metastases in Canada: a scoping review
Kevin Nishimura, Jennifer Yao, Sarah Lapointe, Rebecca Harrison, Manik Chahal, Mary Jane Lim-Fat, Saira Alli, Karine Michaud, Serge Makarenko, Mostafa Fatehi Hassanabad, Alan Nichol, Justin Oh
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Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

What do student and educator perspectives reveal about assisted dying in the UK medical curriculum? A narrative review
Benjamin Smith, Megan Roberts, Saarah Talha
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2026;
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Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Percutaneous tumor ablation techniques for palliative cancer pain: a narrative review
Rodrigo Díez-Tafur, Flor Montenegro Torres, María José Quiroga Reategui
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2026;
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Surgical Technique | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Radiofrequency ablation of the superior cluneal nerves to treat chronic low back pain: a description of a novel technique
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Madelyn Reilly, Geovany Riad
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Case Report | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Chronic schizophrenia with aggravation of psychiatric symptoms after cancer surgery: a case report and mini literature review
Junji Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Sadahiro, Saho Wada, Eri Nishikawa, Tatsuto Terada, Rika Nakahara, Hiromichi Matsuoka
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2026;
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Case Report | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Community-based management of gastrointestinal symptoms at end-of-life in scleroderma using subcutaneous medication: a case report
Amanda Landers, Rebecca Davey, Hamish Farquhar
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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Social determinants of health, disparities, and outpatient specialty palliative care in patients with gynecologic malignancies
Charles B. Simone II
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