While the topics offered by CareSearch offer you quick and efficient entry into the palliative literature, you may be interested in a different topic. These instructions will help you restrict your own topic to the palliative literature. We suggest that you print these instructions to work from.

First, PRINT THESE INSTRUCTIONS NOW

Example
Let's say you are interested in anything to do with 'narrative' in the palliative care context. A useful textword for this concept might be 'narrative', and the correct MeSH term is 'narration'.

Instructions
Step 1:  Select the CareSearch link: Run the palliative filter now
Step 2:  CLEAR the search PubMed 'for' box
Step 3:  Enter your topic search, eg, narrative OR narration, select GO
Step 4:  CLEAR the search PubMed 'for' box
Step 5   Select the PubMed HISTORY tag
Step 6:  Identify the 'set numbers' for Steps 1 and 2 (eg, #1 AND #2)
Step 7:  Combine the 'set numbers' by typing them in the PubMed search 'for' box, eg, #1 AND #2, select GO

Results will include references that restrict the concept of narrative to the palliative context. Substitute your own terms in Step 3 to create your own PubMed Topic Search.

Having trouble?
Make sure that you type your search terms in the search PubMed 'for' box, and not the CareSearch 'search' box. This mistake could happen if you forget to 'run the palliative filter now' step in these instructions.

CareSearch has received two reports that home Internet providers restricted their access to PubMed. If Pubmed is not behaving as it should, or if you receive an unusual message such as 'access denied', please contact your supplier to enable access.

Finding out more
PubMed animated tutorial on Searching with the MeSH database (3 minutes)
All PubMed Tutorials

Related CareSearch pages
PubMed Topic Searches

This page was created on 30 April 2008 and is due for review in April 2010