Palliative Care and Social Practice
Partnered with Public Health Palliative Care International (PHPCI)
Endorsed by the EAPC Reference Group on Public Health and Palliative Care
Endorsed by the EOLC Research Group - VUB and Ghent University
eISSN:
26323524 | ISSN:
26323524 | Current volume: 17 | Current issue: 1
Frequency: Yearly
- Gold open access journal – all articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication
- Listed in PubMed and indexed in Scopus
- Rigorous peer review
- Internationally renown, expert Editorial Board, panel of Associate Editors and Editors-in-Chief
- In-house Managing Editor to ensure timely attention to manuscripts
Palliative Care and Social Practice is a peer-reviewed open access palliative care journal publishing articles from symptom science, clinical practice, and health services research. However, its aim is also to publish cutting-edge research from the realm of social practice - from public health theory and practice, social medicine, and social work, to social sciences related to dying and its care, as well as policy, criticism, and cultural studies. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information.
The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
Palliative Care and Social Practice promotes inclusive, open science that reflects the disciplinary, human, and geographic diversity of the palliative care community.
Diversity as a core value embodies inclusiveness, mutual respect, and multiple perspectives.
We welcome editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers and authors from all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, races, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, mental or physical (dis)abilities, ages, career stages, socioeconomic status or any other individual status.
We are committed to continually improving our editorial and review processes whilst playing our part in eradicating bias and inequality in all forms.
Submission information
Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.
Article processing charge (APC) information
The APC is for this journal is currently 2100 USD.
The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Article processing charge (APC) information
The APC is for this journal is currently 2100 USD.
The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Contact
Please direct any queries to georgia.patey@sagepub.co.uk
Palliative Care and Social Practice is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes articles on all aspects of palliative care. It welcomes articles from symptom science, clinical practice, and health services research. However, its aim is also to publish cutting-edge research from the realm of social practice - from public health theory and practice, social medicine, and social work, to social sciences related to dying and its care, as well as policy, criticism, and cultural studies. We encourage reports from work with under-represented groups, community development, and studies of civic engagement in end of life issues. Furthermore, we encourage scholarly articles that challenge current thinking about dying, its current care models and practices, and current understandings of grief and bereavement. We want to showcase the next generation of palliative care innovation research and practice - in clinics and in the wider society.
The journal welcomes a broad range of methodological designs – from trials to ethnography to analysis of existing sources. All articles are listed on PubMed, PMC, and Scopus, and are freely available to read and download.
Editors-in-Chief
| Lukas Radbruch, MD | Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Germany |
| Libby Sallnow, PhD | Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, UK |
Perspectives Editor
| Allan Kellehear, PhD, FAcSS | Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
Associate Editors
| Luc Deliens, MSc, MA, PhD | Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent & Brussels, Belgium |
| Eman Hassan, MD, MPH | BC Centre for Palliative Care and Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Satoko Hotta, PhD | Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University, Japan |
| Denise Marshall, MD, CCFP(PC) FCFP | Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, ON, Canada |
Editorial Board
| Julian Abel, MB, ChB | Compassionate Communities UK, UK |
| Samar Aoun, MPH, PhD | La Trobe University, Melbourne; and the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Perth, Australia |
| Douglas J Davies, FAcSS, FBA | Department of Theology and Religion, and Centre for Death and Life Studies, Durham University, UK |
| Liliana De Lima, MHA | International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care, Houston, TX, USA |
| Steffen Eychmüller, MD | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Jan Fook, MSW, PhD | Department of Social Work, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA |
| Margaret Gibson, BA (Hons), PhD (UNSW) | School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia |
| Xavier Gomez-Batiste, MD, PhD | Qualy Observatory, WHO Collaborating Centre in Public Health Palliative Care Programmes, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain |
| Merryn Gott, MA (Oxon), PhD | School of Nursing, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Ellen Idler, PhD | Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Emma Kirby, PhD | Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Katherine Kortes-Miller, MSW, PhD | Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada |
| Piotr Krakowiak, PhD | Department of Social Work, Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU), Torun, Poland |
| Suresh Kumar, DA, MA, Dip PallMed | Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Philip J Larkin, PhD, RN | Palliative and Supportive Care Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Mari Lloyd-Williams, MD | Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies, University of Liverpool, UK |
| Marianne Matzo, PhD | University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA |
| Fran McInerney, RN, PhD | Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, College of Health & Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia |
| Jason Mills, BN(Hons), MCHMed, PhD, FACN, FHEA | Charles Darwin University, Australia |
| Bill Noble, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCGP | Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK |
| Florin Oprescu, MD, MPH, MBA, PhD | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Sally Paul, MSW, PhD | School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK |
| Eric Prommer, MD, FAAHPM, HMDC | UCLA/VA Hospice and Palliative Medicine Program, UCLA School of Medicine, CA, USA |
| M.R. Rajagopal, MD | Pallium India, Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Raymond Voltz, MD | University Hospital Cologne, Germany |
| Yingwei Wang, MD, DrPH | Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Taiwan |
| Klaus Wegleitner, Dr. MA | Department for Public Care, University of Graz, Austria |
| Nikolay Yordanov, MD, MScHA, PhD | Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Vratsa, Bulgaria |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.