"Palliative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D010166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
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| Concept/Terms |
Palliative Care- Palliative Care
- Care, Palliative
- Therapy, Palliative
- Palliative Therapy
- Palliative Treatment
- Palliative Treatments
- Treatment, Palliative
- Treatments, Palliative
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Palliative Care".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palliative Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palliative Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1991 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1992 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 1993 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1994 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 1996 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 1997 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 1998 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2000 | 24 | 16 | 40 |
| 2001 | 19 | 9 | 28 |
| 2002 | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| 2003 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2004 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 2005 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2006 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2007 | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 2008 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2009 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 2010 | 25 | 19 | 44 |
| 2011 | 29 | 15 | 44 |
| 2012 | 50 | 12 | 62 |
| 2013 | 42 | 17 | 59 |
| 2014 | 47 | 15 | 62 |
| 2015 | 40 | 16 | 56 |
| 2016 | 23 | 14 | 37 |
| 2017 | 27 | 14 | 41 |
| 2018 | 39 | 13 | 52 |
| 2019 | 38 | 19 | 57 |
| 2020 | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palliative Care" by people in Profiles.
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Bruera E. Role of Palliative Providers in the Progressive Burden of Caregiving. J Palliat Med. 2021 08; 24(8):1120-1121.
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Pastrana T, Wüller J, Weyers S, Bruera E. Insights from a community-based palliative care course: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care. 2021 Jul 13; 20(1):106.
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Hui D, Hoge G, Bruera E. Models of supportive care in oncology. Curr Opin Oncol. 2021 07 01; 33(4):259-266.
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Mott FE, Bruera E, Johnson F. End-of-life and goals of care discussions with cancer patients in the coronavirus pandemic. Palliat Support Care. 2021 06; 19(3):384-385.
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Qumseya BJ, Jamil LH, Elmunzer BJ, Riaz A, Ceppa EP, Thosani NC, Buxbaum JL, Storm AC, Sawhney MS, Pawa S, Naveed M, Lee JK, Law JK, Kwon RS, Jue TL, Fujii-Lau LL, Fishman DS, Calderwood AH, Amateau SK, Al-Haddad M, Wani S. ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy in the management of malignant hilar obstruction. Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 08; 94(2):222-234.e22.
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Litwin RJ, Tam AL, Sheth RA, Yevich SM, Chan JL, Jazaeri AA, Halm JK, Gupta S, Huang SY. Safety and efficacy of percutaneous transabdominal and transesophageal decompression gastric catheters for palliation of malignant bowel obstruction. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 09; 46(9):4489-4498.
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Coveler AL, Mizrahi J, Eastman B, Apisarnthanarax SJ, Dalal S, McNearney T, Pant S. Pancreas Cancer-Associated Pain Management. Oncologist. 2021 06; 26(6):e971-e982.
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Harrison RF, Meyer LA. Financial toxicity is common among gynecologic cancer patients. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2021 06; 31(6):807.
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Mo L, Hui D. Reply to comment on: Referral criteria to specialist palliative care for patients with dementia-A systematic review. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 07; 69(7):2038-2039.
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Franchini L, Varani S, Ostan R, Bocchi I, Pannuti R, Biasco G, Bruera E. Home palliative care professionals perception of challenges during the Covid-19 outbreak: A qualitative study. Palliat Med. 2021 05; 35(5):862-874.