Nicholas A. Christakis

Editorial: Advances in Palliative Care Research Methodology
Palliat Med 2006 20: 725-726. [PDF] [References]  

Stein Kaasa, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, and Jon Ha°vard Loge

Methodological and structural challenges in palliative care research: how have we fared in the last decades?
Palliat Med 2006 20: 727-734. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David C Currow, Amy P Abernethy, Tania M Shelby-James, and Paddy A Phillips

The impact of conducting a regional palliative care clinical study
Palliat Med 2006 20: 735-743. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Karen E Steinhauser, Elizabeth C Clipp, Judith C Hays, Maren Olsen, Robert Arnold, Nicholas A Christakis, Jennifer Hoff Lindquist, and James A Tulsky

Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research
Palliat Med 2006 20: 745-754. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robin Cohen, Anne M Leis, David Kuhl, Cécile Charbonneau, Paul Ritvo, and Fredrick D. Ashbury

QOLLTI-F: measuring family carer quality of life
Palliat Med 2006 20: 755-767. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Eva Grunfeld, Lynn Lethbridge, Ron Dewar, Beverley Lawson, Lawrence F Paszat, Grace Johnston, Frederick Burge, Paul McIntyre, and Craig C Earle

Towards using administrative databases to measure population-based indicators of quality of end-of-life care: testing the methodology
Palliat Med 2006 20: 769-777. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Brian Kelly, Susan McClement, and Harvey Max Chochinov

Measurement of psychological distress in palliative care
Palliat Med 2006 20: 779-789. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

S Fielding, P M Fayers, J H Loge, M S Jordhøy, and S Kaasa

Methods for handling missing data in palliative care research
Palliat Med 2006 20: 791-798. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A Fowell, R Johnstone, I G Finlay, D Russell, and I T Russell

Design of trials with dying patients: a feasibility study of cluster randomisation versus randomised consent
Palliat Med 2006 20: 799-804. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J L Hynson, R Aroni, C Bauld, and S M Sawyer

Research with bereaved parents: a question of how not why
Palliat Med 2006 20: 805-811. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Celine M Koropchak, Kathryn I Pollak, Robert M Arnold, Stewart C Alexander, Celette Sugg Skinner, Maren K Olsen, Amy S Jeffreys, Keri L Rodriguez, Amy P Abernethy, and James A Tulsky

Studying communication in oncologist-patient encounters: The SCOPE Trial
Palliat Med 2006 20: 813-819. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David NM Wright, Jane B Hopkinson, Jessica L Corner, and Claire L Foster

How to involve cancer patients at the end of life as co-researchers
Palliat Med 2006 20: 821-827. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Margaret O’Connor and S Payne

Discourse analysis: examining the potential for research in palliative care
Palliat Med 2006 20: 829-834. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jo Hockley and Katherine Froggatt

The development of palliative care knowledge in care homes for older people: the place of action research
Palliat Med 2006 20: 835-843. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Andrew Fowell, Ros Johnstone, Ian Russell, Daphne Russell, and Ilora Finlay

Letter to the editor
Palliat Med 2006 20: 845-846. [PDF] [References]  

Calendar of Events
Palliat Med 2006 20: 847. [PDF]  

Thanks to our referees
Palliat Med 2006 20: 849-850. [PDF]  

Index 2006 Volume 20
Palliat Med 2006 20: 851-871. [PDF]  

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