Doctors

Review collection - Doctors

18 reviews

2026

Tan CY, Thum NWH, Mohan T, Cheng AKJ, Govindasamy R, Abdul Hamid NAB, et al. Breaking bad news and the cost of caring on physicians: A systematic scoping review. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2026.

2025

Dorenbaum-Fastlicht A, Castañeda I, Guevara-López UM, Altamirano-Bustamante MM. Spirituality and spiritual care in palliative and terminal illness: A systematic review and epistemic meta-analysis from physicians' hermeneutic and bioethical perspective. BMC Palliat Care. 2025.

Refolo P, Raimondi C, Masilla SS, Argo A, Capulli E, Ceruti S, et al. Attitudes of physicians, nurses, and the general public toward end-of-life (eol) decisions in european countries: An umbrella review. BMC Med Ethics. 2025;26(1):60.

2024

Choi HR, Ho MH, Lin CC. Futile life-sustaining treatment in the intensive care unit - nurse and physician experiences: Meta-synthesis. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024;14(1):36-46.

Choi HR, Ho MH, Lin CC. Navigating tensions when life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn: A thematic synthesis of nurses' and physicians' experiences. J Clin Nurs. 2024;33(6):2337-56.

Latham JS, Butchard S, Mason SR. Physician emotional experience of communication and decision making with end-of-life patients: Qualitative studies systematic review. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024;14(e1):E99-E119.

Rudy L, Lacroix E. Substance use disorders in hospice palliative care: A narrative review of challenges and a case for physician intervention. Palliat Support Care. 2024:1-9.

2023

George LS, Epstein RM, Akincigil A, Saraiya B, Trevino KM, Kuziemski A, et al. Psychological determinants of physician variation in end-of-life treatment intensity: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. J Gen Intern Med. 2023.

Lelorain S, Gehenne L, Christophe V, Duprez C. The association of physician empathy with cancer patient outcomes: A meta-analysis. Psychooncology. 2023 Jan 24. doi: 10.1002/pon.6108. Epub ahead of print.

2022

López-García M, Rubio L, Martin-de-Las-Heras S, Suárez J, Pérez-Cárceles MD, Martin-Martin J. Instruments to measure skills and knowledge of physicians and medical students in palliative care: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Med Teach. 2022 Apr 29:1-13. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2067033. Epub ahead of print.

2021

Huang H, Toh RQE, Chiang CLL, Thenpandiyan AA, Vig PS, Lee RWL, Chiam M, Lee ASI, Baral VR, Krishna LKR. Title: Impact of Dying Neonates on Doctors' and Nurses' Personhood: A Systematic Scoping Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Jul 13:S0885-3924(21)00425-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.07.002. Epub ahead of print.

Ngiam LXL, Ong YT, Ng JX, Kuek JTY, Chia JL, Chan NPX, Ho CY, Abdurrahman ABHM, Kamal NHA, Cheong CWS, Ng CH, Tan XH, Tan LHE, Chin AMC, Mason S, Jumat MR, Chiam M, Krishna LKR. Impact of Caring for Terminally Ill Children on Physicians: A Systematic Scoping Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Apr;38(4):396-418. doi: 10.1177/1049909120950301. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Pruskowski JA, Patel R, Nguyen K, Scolese C, Klein-Fedyshin M, Brazeau G. A systematic review of palliative care content in the doctor of pharmacy curriculum. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021;85(6):8468.

2020

Craig DP, Ray R, Harvey D, Shircore M. Factors which influence hospital doctors' advance care plan adherence. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020.

Keijzer-van Laarhoven AJ, Touwen DP, Tilburgs B, van Tilborg-den Boeft M, Pees C, Achterberg WP, et al. Which moral barriers and facilitators do physicians encounter in advance care planning conversations about the end of life of persons with dementia? A meta-review of systematic reviews and primary studies. BMJ open. 2020;10(11):e038528.

Kuek JTY, Ngiam LXL, Kamal NHA, Chia JL, Chan NPX, Abdurrahman A, et al. The impact of caring for dying patients in intensive care units on a physician's personhood: A systematic scoping review. Philos ethics humanit med: PEHM. 2020;15(1):12.

Rutherford J, Willmott L, White BP. Physician attitudes to voluntary assisted dying: A scoping review. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2020.