| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The effects of advance care planning on end-of-life care: A systematic review | Palliative Medicine | 2014 | 1,000 |
| 2 | Guidance on Conducting and REporting DElphi Studies (CREDES) in palliative care: Recommendations based on a methodological systematic review | Palliative Medicine | 2017 | 775 |
| 3 | White paper defining optimal palliative care in older people with dementia: A Delphi study and recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care | Palliative Medicine | 2014 | 714 |
| 4 | The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability | Palliative Medicine | 1995 | 604 |
| 5 | European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) recommended framework for the use of sedation in palliative care | Palliative Medicine | 2009 | 566 |
| 6 | Truth may hurt but deceit hurts more: communication in palliative care | Palliative Medicine | 2002 | 408 |
| 7 | Where people die (1974—2030): past trends, future projections and implications for care | Palliative Medicine | 2008 | 398 |
| 8 | Exploring the spiritual needs of people dying of lung cancer or heart failure: a prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers | Palliative Medicine | 2004 | 376 |
| 9 | Evidence on the cost and cost-effectiveness of palliative care: A literature review | Palliative Medicine | 2014 | 366 |
| 10 | Do specialist palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients? A systematic literature review | Palliative Medicine | 1998 | 361 |
| 11 | Validity of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire in the palliative care setting: a multi-centre Canadian study demonstrating the importance of the existential domain | Palliative Medicine | 1997 | 358 |
| 12 | Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review | Palliative Medicine | 2007 | 357 |
| 13 | What is the best way to help caregivers in cancer and palliative care? A systematic literature review of interventions and their effectiveness | Palliative Medicine | 2003 | 343 |
| 14 | How many people need palliative care? A study developing and comparing methods for population-based estimates | Palliative Medicine | 2014 | 339 |
| 15 | Depression in advanced disease: a systematic review. Part 1: Prevalence and case finding | Palliative Medicine | 2002 | 311 |
| 16 | A comparison of the palliative care needs of patients dying from chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer | Palliative Medicine | 2001 | 307 |
| 17 | Systematic review of the problems and issues of accessing specialist palliative care by patients, carers and health and social care professionals | Palliative Medicine | 2004 | 306 |
| 18 | Review: The understanding of spirituality and the potential role of spiritual care in end-of-life and palliative care: a meta-study of qualitative research | Palliative Medicine | 2010 | 302 |
| 19 | Breakthrough pain characteristics and syndromes in patients with cancer pain. An international survey | Palliative Medicine | 2004 | 282 |
| 20 | Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life | Palliative Medicine | 2004 | 279 |
| 21 | Part 1: Home-based family caregiving at the end of life: a comprehensive review of published quantitative research (1998-2008) | Palliative Medicine | 2010 | 275 |
| 22 | Sympathy, empathy, and compassion: A grounded theory study of palliative care patients’ understandings, experiences, and preferences | Palliative Medicine | 2017 | 272 |
| 23 | Challenges in palliative care research; recruitment, attrition and compliance: experience from a randomized controlled trial | Palliative Medicine | 1999 | 267 |
| 24 | A randomized controlled trial of aromatherapy massage in a hospice setting | Palliative Medicine | 2004 | 266 |
| 25 | Implementing patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice: A systematic review of facilitators and barriers | Palliative Medicine | 2014 | 266 |
| 26 | Dying from cancer: results of a national population-based investigation | Palliative Medicine | 1995 | 263 |
| 27 | The meaning of the lived experience of hope in patients with cancer in palliative home care | Palliative Medicine | 2001 | 261 |
| 28 | Advanced cancer patients’ prognostic information preferences: a review | Palliative Medicine | 2009 | 255 |
| 29 | Fatigue in palliative care patients — an EAPC approach | Palliative Medicine | 2008 | 250 |
| 30 | Survival prediction in terminal cancer patients: a systematic review of the medical literature | Palliative Medicine | 2000 | 249 |
| 31 | Part 2: Home-based family caregiving at the end of life: a comprehensive review of published qualitative research (1998-2008) | Palliative Medicine | 2010 | 243 |
| 32 | Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force | Palliative Medicine | 2003 | 240 |
| 33 | Can home care maintain an acceptable quality of life for patients with terminal cancer and their relatives? | Palliative Medicine | 1994 | 238 |
| 34 | Delirium prevalence, incidence, and implications for screening in specialist palliative care inpatient settings: A systematic review | Palliative Medicine | 2013 | 236 |
| 35 | Depression in advanced disease: a systematic review Part 1. Prevalence and case finding | Palliative Medicine | 2002 | 236 |
| 36 | Symptoms in 400 patients referred to palliative care services: prevalence and patterns | Palliative Medicine | 2003 | 233 |
| 37 | The healthcare needs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the last year of life | Palliative Medicine | 2005 | 232 |
| 38 | Education, implementation, and policy barriers to greater integration of palliative care: A literature review | Palliative Medicine | 2016 | 229 |
| 39 | The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: a 15-year retrospective review of validation studies (1991–2006) | Palliative Medicine | 2008 | 226 |
| 40 | Symptom burden and quality of life in end-stage renal disease: a study of 179 patients on dialysis and palliative care | Palliative Medicine | 2009 | 219 |
| 41 | What is the impact of population ageing on the future provision of end-of-life care? Population-based projections of place of death | Palliative Medicine | 2018 | 218 |
| 42 | Where do cancer patients die? Ten-year trends in the place of death of cancer patients in England | Palliative Medicine | 1998 | 216 |
| 43 | Dying in the hospital setting: A systematic review of quantitative studies identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families rank as being most important | Palliative Medicine | 2015 | 216 |
| 44 | Sedation for intractable distress in the dying–a survey of experts | Palliative Medicine | 1998 | 214 |
| 45 | A multicentre international study of sedation for uncontrolled symptoms in terminally ill patients | Palliative Medicine | 2000 | 214 |
| 46 | Opioids and the immune system | Palliative Medicine | 2006 | 208 |
| 47 | A comparison of patient and proxy symptom assessments in advanced cancer patients | Palliative Medicine | 1999 | 206 |
| 48 | A matter of definition – key elements identified in a discourse analysis of definitions of palliative care | Palliative Medicine | 2008 | 205 |
| 49 | Staff stress in hospice/palliative care: a review | Palliative Medicine | 1995 | 204 |
| 50 | How well do general practitioners deliver palliative care? A systematic review | Palliative Medicine | 2002 | 204 |
