Palliative Medicine Paper of the Year

Initiated in 2012, Palliative Medicine’s Paper of the Year is awarded to an outstanding paper published in the preceding year of the journal.

Winner EAPC 2021 – Online

Judges: Lorna Fraser, Breffni Hannon and Melissa Bloomer, Catherine Walshe

Practice review: Evidence-based and effective management of pain in patients with advanced cancer. Palliative Medicine 2020, Vol. 34(4) 444–453.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319896955

Winner EAPC 2020 – Online

Judges: Josep Porta Sales, Joanna Coast, Jose Pereira, Catherine Walshe

Ten Koppel M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Van den Block L, Deliens L, Gambassi G, Heymans MW, Kylänen M, Oosterveld-Vlug MG, Pasman HRW, Payne S, Smets T, Szczerbińska K, Twisk JW, van der Steen JT; PACE. Palliative care provision in long-term care facilities differs across Europe: Results of a cross-sectional study in six European countries (PACE). Palliat Med. 2019 Oct;33(9):1176-1188.

doi: 10.1177/0269216319861229. Epub 2019 Jul 1. PMID: 31258004.

Winner EAPC 2019 – Berlin, German

Judges: Jane Phillips, Jeroen Hasselaar, Gail Eva, Catherine Walshe

Shulman C, Hudson BF, Low J, Hewett N, Daley J, Kennedy P, Davis S, Brophy N, Howard D, Vivat B, Stone P. End-of-life care for homeless people: a qualitative analysis exploring the challenges to access and provision of palliative care. Palliative medicine. 2018 Jan;32(1):36-45.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216317717101

 

Winner EAPC 2018 – Bern, Switzerland

Judges: Sheila Payne, Karen Forbes, Catherine Walshe

Sinclair S, Beamer K, Hack TF, McClement S, Raffin Bouchal S, Chochinov HM, Hagen NA. Sympathy, empathy, and compassion: A grounded theory study of palliative care patients’ understandings, experiences, and preferences. Palliative medicine. 2017 May;31(5):437-47

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216316663499

 

Winner EAPC 2017 – Madrid, Spain

Judges: Robin Fainsinger, Samar Aoun, Irene Higginson, Catherine Walshe

Lewis E, Cardona-Morrell M, Ong KY, Trankle SA, Hillman K. Evidence still insufficient that advance care documentation leads to engagement of healthcare professionals in end-of-life discussions: A systematic review. Palliative medicine. 2016 Oct;30(9):807-24.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216316637239

Winner EAPC 2016

Judges: Eduardo Bruera, Clare Gardiner, Catherine Walshe

Round J, Jones L, Morris S. Estimating the cost of caring for people with cancer at the end of life: a modelling study. Palliative medicine. 2015 Dec;29(10):899-907

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216315595203

Winner EAPC 2015
Judges: Derek Doyle, Franco Toscani, Judith Rietjens, Catherine Walshe

Smith S, Brick A, O’Hara S, Normand C. Evidence on the cost and cost-effectiveness of palliative care: a literature review. Palliative medicine. 2014 Feb;28(2):130-50.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216313493466

Winner EAPC 2014
Judges: Sheila Payne, Caprice Knapp, Peter Hudson, Catherine Walshe

Burns CM, Abernethy AP, Dal Grande E, Currow DC. Uncovering an invisible network of direct caregivers at the end of life: a population study. Palliative Medicine. 2013 Jul;27(7):608-15

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216313483664

Winner EAPC 2013
Judges: Jose Pereira, Simon Noble, Catherine Walshe

Galfin JM, Watkins ER, Harlow T. A brief guided self-help intervention for psychological distress in palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial. Palliative medicine. 2012 Apr;26(3):197-205

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216311414757