Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 49-52 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2026.1671/2026
Álvaro Sanz Rubiales1, Beatriz Peláez Lorenzo2, María Luisa del Valle Rivero3, Luis Alberto Flores Pérez4, Claudio Navarro Cañadas5, Silvia Hernansanz de la Calle6, Francisco Barón Duarte7
1Servicio de Oncología Médica. Hospital Universitario del Río Hortega, Valladolid. 2Servicio de Atención Sociosanitaria, Salud Mental . Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León, Valladolid. 3Servicio de Oncología Radioterápica. Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid. 4Servicio Formación, Evaluación Espec. Sanitarias. Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León, Valladolid. 5Servicio de Cuidados Paliativos. Hospital Universitario del Río Hortega, Valladolid. 6Servicio de Cuidados Paliativos. Área Este, Valladolid. 7Real Academia de Medicina de Galicia, A Coruña
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 53-59 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2026.1531/2024
Yolima Manrique-Anaya1, Zorayda Barrios Puerta1, Shirley Fernández Aragòn1
1Grupo investigador GISIBEC. Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez. Grupo Cuidado y Vida Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena
ABSTRACT
Introduction: End of life is an inherent aspect of the human condition. It may occur at any point throughout life, often as a result of the progression of chronic diseases accompanied by physical and psychological deterioration, making it necessary to understand care through the development of competencies among healthcare professionals. In this context, the role of nursing staff...
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 60-67 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2026.1548/2024
José Miguel Navarro Jiménez1, Rafael Mota Vargas2, Mario López Salas3, Antonio Yanes Roldán3
1Equipo de Cuidados Paliativos . Área de Salud Badajoz. Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), Badajoz. 2Equipo de Cuidados Paliativos. Área de Salud Badajoz. Servicio Extremeño de Salud, Badajoz. 3Observatorio de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Madrid
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Within Compassionate Communities, “Death Cafés” are articulated as community spaces where people gather to talk openly about death in order to normalize the dialogue around this issue.
Objective: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of “A coffee with you: caring and accompanying until the end” as a tool to raise awareness about death and end-of-life among different...
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 68-76 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2026.1603/2025
Leidy Carlina López Vélez1, Manuela Velásquez Toro2, María Magdalena Pizano Palomino3, María Alejandra Sanín Osorio4, Sandra Liliana Parra Cubides1, Alicia Krikorian Daveloza1
1Dolor y Cuidados Paliativos. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín. 2Dolor y Cuidados Paliativos. Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellín. 3Cuidados Paliativos. Clínica El Rosario, Medellín. 4Dolor y Cuidados Paliativos. Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Palliative care coverage in the pediatric population is insufficient. The barriers and facilitators for access to it in Colombia are unknown.
Objective: To determine barriers, facilitators and interaction practices perceived by palliative care and pediatric professionals in Colombia.
Method: Cross-sectional observational quantitative study. Pediatric and palliative...
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 77-84 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2025.1620/2025
Luisa María Leiva Hervás1, Marta Castro López2, Francisco Javier Valverde Bolívar3
1Médico de Familia. Centro de Salud de Torredonjimeno (Distrito Sanitario Jaén-Jaén Sur), Torredonjimeno. 2Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud de Torredonjimeno (Distrito Sanitario Jaén-Jaén Sur), Torredonjimeno. 3Médico de Familia. UDM AFyC Distrito AP Jaén-Jaén Sur, Jaén
ABSTRACT
Background: The growing presence of complex chronic patients (CCPs) and frail individuals in primary care reflects a demographic and epidemiological shift closely linked to the Global Burden of Disease. These patients typically present with multiple comorbidities, significant functional impairment, and frequently unmet or unidentified palliative care needs.
Objective: To assess...
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 85-93 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2026.1599/2025
Samuel Bonilla Fornés1, María Ángeles Pérez Martín2
1Equipo de Soporte Cuidados Paliativos Pediátricos. Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil, Badajoz. 2SUMMA 112. Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Neuropathic pain, common in paediatric patients with palliative needs, is difficult
to manage, even more, when the enteral route is lost. In recent years, parenteral drugs have been used in the adult population to solve this problem. In Paediatrics there are no standardised indications. The main objective is to describe the evidence on the use of parenteral clonidine,...
Med Paliat. 2025; 32(2): 94-99 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2025.1638/2025
María Nabal-Vicuña1, Martín I. Mindeguía2, Javier Barbero-Gutiérrez3, Enric Benito-Oliver4
1Equipo de Soporte Hospitalario de CP. Foro Iberoamericano de Espiritualidad en Clínica. Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida. 2Foro Iberoamericano de Espiritualidad en Clínica. Cuidados Paliativos y Terapeuta Gestalt , . 3Foro Iberoamericano de Espiritualidad en Clínica. Hospital Univ. La Paz. Grupo Espiritualidad, Madrid. 4Foro Iberoamericano de Espiritualidad en Clínica. Grupo Espiritualidad SECPAL,
ABSTRACT
This article delves into understanding suffering as the foundation of spiritual support in palliative care. The authors propose a clinical and anthropological framework to approach suffering beyond the traditional biomedical perspective, emphasizing its multidimensional and existential nature.
It is argued that suffering, from the Latin sufferre (“to bear under”), constitutes an...