Palliative Care for Patients with Severe Neurological Impairment
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurorehabilitation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 302
Special Issue Editors
Interests: palliative care; quality of life; qualitative research; holistic assessment
Interests: cancer nursing; chronic disease
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forms of severe neurological impairment (SNI) include chronicity, disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system, intellectual and motor disability, and communication difficulties.
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families affected by life-threatening illnesses. Results from research and clinical practice suggest integrating palliative care in chronic conditions and in neurological diseases.
This Special Issue will investigate the need for palliative care in patients with severe neurological impairment, chronic conditions of neurological origin, and brain tumours. We particularly encourage the submission of studies on palliative care and neurological diseases, early palliative care, the experiences of caregivers and professionals who care for these patients, multi-professional approaches to neurological palliative care, and strategies to assess and respond to the need for palliative care in neurological patients, considering the patient–family dyad.
The kind of papers that we are soliciting:
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: primary research, both qualitative and quantitative, encompassing mixed methods research and single, holistic, and multiple case studies, and secondary studies, including scoping reviews, systematic reviews, qualitative reviews and metasyntheses.
Dr. Giovanna Artioli
Dr. Federica Dellafiore
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- severe neurological impairment
- neurological chronic disease
- palliative care
- early palliative care
- nursing competencies
- advance care planning
- caregiver support
- mental Illness of Healthcare professionals
- non pharmacological and complementary treatment
- bio-psyco-social and existential needs of patient and caregiver
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
