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Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought (2018)
Journal Article
Whiting, D. (2018). Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought. Philosophical psychology, 31(4), 533-553. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2018.1456653

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. I offer and develop an original answer to the question of whether emotion plays an important role in the formation of moral thought. In a nutshell, my answer will be that if motivational... Read More about Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought.

Development and validation of a casemix classification to predict costs of specialist palliative care provision across inpatient hospice, hospital and community settings in the UK: a study protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Guo, P., Dzingina, M., Firth, A. M., Davies, J. M., Douiri, A., O'Brien, S. M., Pinto, C., Pask, S., Higginson, I. J., Eagar, K., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). Development and validation of a casemix classification to predict costs of specialist palliative care provision across inpatient hospice, hospital and community settings in the UK: a study protocol. BMJ open, 8(3), e020071. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020071

Introduction Provision of palliative care is inequitable with wide variations across conditions and settings in the UK. Lack of a standard way to classify by case complexity is one of the principle obstacles to addressing this. We aim to develop and... Read More about Development and validation of a casemix classification to predict costs of specialist palliative care provision across inpatient hospice, hospital and community settings in the UK: a study protocol.

Influences on care preferences of older people with advanced illness: a systematic review and thematic synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Etkind, S. N., Bone, A. E., Lovell, N., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). Influences on care preferences of older people with advanced illness: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(5), 1031-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15272

Objectives

To determine and explore the influences on care preferences of older people with advanced illness and integrate our results into a model to guide practice and research.

Design

Systematic review using Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, Web of S... Read More about Influences on care preferences of older people with advanced illness: a systematic review and thematic synthesis.

Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training (IMPACT): a realist review (2018)
Journal Article
Papoutsi, C., Mattick, K., Pearson, M., Brennan, N., Briscoe, S., & Wong, G. (2018). Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training (IMPACT): a realist review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(10), 1-136. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06100

This review identified a number of implications on how interventions can be developed to enable optimal tailoring, design and implementation of antimicrobial prescribing interventions targeted at doctors-in-training.

Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Benelhaj, N. B., Hutchinson, A., Maraveyas, A. M., Seymour, J. D., Ilyas, M. W., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis. Palliative medicine, 32(5), 1010-1020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318757133

Background: Cancer-Associated thrombosis is common. Recommended treatment is daily injected low-molecular-weight heparin for 6months. Most studies focus on prophylaxis and treatment; few have explored patients’ experience.

Aims
To identify and sy... Read More about Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis.

Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
McCaughan, D., Roman, E., Smith, A. G., Garry, A. C., Johnson, M. J., Patmore, R. D., Howard, M. R., & Howell, D. A. (2018). Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 17(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0289-1

Background
Haematological malignancies (leukaemias, lymphomas and myeloma) are complex cancers that are relatively common, affect all ages and have divergent outcomes. Although the symptom burden of these diseases is comparable to other cancers, pati... Read More about Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study.

Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Kirkpatrick, T., Lennox, C., Taylor, R., Anderson, R., Maguire, M., Haddad, M., Michie, S., Owens, C., Durcan, G., Stirzaker, A., Henley, W., Stevenson, C., Carroll, L., Quinn, C., Brand, S. L., Harris, T., Stewart, A., Todd, R., Rybczynska-Bunt, S., Greer, R., …Byng, R. (2018). Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 8(2), e017931. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017931

Introduction The ‘Engager’ programme is a ‘through-the-gate’ intervention designed to support prisoners with common mental health problems as they transition from prison back into the community. The trial will evaluate the clinical and cost-effective... Read More about Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals (2018)
Journal Article
Pask, S., Pinto, C., Bristowe, K., van Vliet, L., Nicholson, C., Evans, C. J., George, R., Bailey, K., Davies, J. M., Guo, P., Daveson, B. A., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals. Palliative medicine, 32(6), 1078-1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318757622

Background:
Palliative care patients are often described as complex but evidence on complexity is limited. We need to understand complexity, including at individual patient-level, to define specialist palliative care, characterise palliative care pop... Read More about A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals.