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Patient and health care professional decision-making to commence and withdraw from renal dialysis: A systematic review of qualitative research (2015)
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Hussain, J. A., Flemming, K., Murtagh, F. E., & Johnson, M. J. (2015). Patient and health care professional decision-making to commence and withdraw from renal dialysis: A systematic review of qualitative research. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 10(7), 1201-1215. https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.11091114

Background and objectives. To ensure decisions to start and stop dialysis in end stage kidney disease are shared, the factors that affect patients and healthcare professionals in making such decisions need to be understood. This systematic review aim... Read More about Patient and health care professional decision-making to commence and withdraw from renal dialysis: A systematic review of qualitative research.

A systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: Implications for palliative care research (2015)
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Boland, J., Currow, D. C., Wilcock, A., Tieman, J., Hussain, J. A., Pitsillides, C., Abernethy, A. P., & Johnson, M. J. (2015). A systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: Implications for palliative care research. Journal of pain and symptom management, 49(4), 762-772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.09.018

© 2015 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Context The challenges of palliative care clinical trial recruitment are well documented. Objectives The aim of the study was to review tested strategies to improve recruitment to trials of... Read More about A systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: Implications for palliative care research.

Palliative care needs in patients hospitalized with heart failure (PCHF) study: rationale and design (2015)
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Campbell, R. T., Jackson, C. E., Wright, A., Gardner, R. S., Ford, I., Davidson, P. M., Denvir, M. A., Hogg, K. J., Johnson, M. J., Petrie, M. C., & McMurray, J. J. (2015). Palliative care needs in patients hospitalized with heart failure (PCHF) study: rationale and design. ESC Heart Failure, 2(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12027

Abstract Aims The primary aim of this study is to provide data to inform the design of a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) of a palliative care (PC) intervention in heart failure (HF). We will identify an appropriate study population with a... Read More about Palliative care needs in patients hospitalized with heart failure (PCHF) study: rationale and design.

Palliative care among heart failure patients in primary care: A comparison to cancer patients using english family practice data (2014)
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Gadoud, A., Kane, E., Macleod, U., Ansell, P., Oliver, S., & Johnson, M. (2014). Palliative care among heart failure patients in primary care: A comparison to cancer patients using english family practice data. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e113188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113188

© 2014 Gadoud et al. Introduction: Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other palliative care needs often over a longer period than patients with cancer. It is acknowledged that this need may be unmet but by how much has... Read More about Palliative care among heart failure patients in primary care: A comparison to cancer patients using english family practice data.

Clinically important differences in the intensity of chronic refractory breathlessness (2013)
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Johnson, M. J., Bland, J. M., Oxberry, S. G., Abernethy, A. P., & Currow, D. C. (2013). Clinically important differences in the intensity of chronic refractory breathlessness. Journal of pain and symptom management, 46(6), 957-963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.011

Context: Clinically important differences in chronic refractory breathlessness are ill defined but important in clinical practice and trial design. Objectives: To estimate the clinical relevance of differences in breathlessness intensity using distri... Read More about Clinically important differences in the intensity of chronic refractory breathlessness.

End-of-life care for non-cancer patients (2013)
Journal Article
Boland, J., & Johnson, M. J. (2013). End-of-life care for non-cancer patients. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 3(1), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000446

[Extract]: The origins and early development of palliative care focussed on patients with cancer, apart from sporadic developments in a few non-malignant diseases such as MND and HIV. In the UK, this has been compounded by the setting of palliative c... Read More about End-of-life care for non-cancer patients.

The ethical decisions UK doctors make regarding advanced cancer patients at the end of life - the perceived (in) appropriateness of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: A qualitative study (2012)
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Sheard, L., Prout, H., Dowding, D., Noble, S., Watt, I., Maraveyas, A., & Johnson, M. (2012). The ethical decisions UK doctors make regarding advanced cancer patients at the end of life - the perceived (in) appropriateness of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: A qualitative study. BMC medical ethics, 13(22), Article ARTN 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-13-22

Background: Cancer patients are at risk of developing blood clots in their veins - venous thromboembolism (VTE) - which often takes the form of a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. The risk increases with advanced disease. Evidence based tre... Read More about The ethical decisions UK doctors make regarding advanced cancer patients at the end of life - the perceived (in) appropriateness of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: A qualitative study.

Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps (2012)
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Oxberry, S. G., Bland, J. M., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G., & Johnson, M. (2012). Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps. American Heart Journal, 164(2), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.003

ObjectivesThe aim of the study was to determine the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) for breathlessness due to chronic heart failure (CHF). BackgroundThe measurement of breathlessness is difficult because it is subjective and multifac... Read More about Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps.

Diagnosis and management of people with venous thromboembolism and advanced cancer: how do doctors decide? a qualitative study (2012)
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Johnson, M. J., Sheard, L., Maraveyas, A., Noble, S., Prout, H., Watt, I., & Dowding, D. (2012). Diagnosis and management of people with venous thromboembolism and advanced cancer: how do doctors decide? a qualitative study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(75), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-75

Background: The treatment of cancer associated thrombosis (CAT) is well established, with level 1A evidence to support the recommendation of a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) by daily injection for 3-6 months. However, registry data suggest compl... Read More about Diagnosis and management of people with venous thromboembolism and advanced cancer: how do doctors decide? a qualitative study.

Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial (2011)
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Oxberry, S. G., Torgerson, D. J., Bland, J. M., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G. F., & Johnson, M. J. (2011). Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial. European journal of heart failure, 13(9), 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfr068

Aims To assess the effect of oral opioids vs. placebo on breathlessness in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods and results Oral morphine (Oramorph), oral oxycodone (Oxynorm), and placebo were studied in an outpatient setting. Once rand... Read More about Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial.