The Escola Anna Nery, journal of nursing, is a scientific journal maintained by the Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It welcomes original manuscripts, developed using quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, reflections, experience reports, clinical case reports, essays, systematic reviews, integrative reviews or other systematized reviews. These manuscripts should make direct or indirect contributions to the history and practice of nursing care, nursing education, the development of new methodologies and technologies for caring, teaching and research in nursing and health.
Submission Opening: February 23, 2026
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026
Introduction to the Special Issue
The Escola Anna Nery (EAN) Journal of Nursing is pleased to announce the call for submissions to its Special Issue dedicated to palliative care, encompassing diverse approaches within the contexts of nursing and health.
The accelerated growth of chronic conditions, population aging, and persistent inequalities in health systems have heightened, on a global scale, the urgency of palliative care as an essential component of comprehensive healthcare. In Brazil and other developing countries, this need becomes even more evident considering historical gaps in access, insufficient specialized services, and the persistence of untreated physical, psychosocial, and spiritual suffering. Within this scenario, palliative care emerges not only as a clinical practice but also as a strategic framework for knowledge production, public policy, and health innovation.
Committed to advancing the scientific visibility of themes that intersect vulnerabilities, inequalities, and health rights, EAN proposes this Special Issue as a qualified forum for debate on the advances, complexities, and possibilities of palliative care. By understanding vulnerability as the experience of suffering that is unrecognized or inadequately addressed, the journal reaffirms its commitment to approaches that expand comprehensiveness, equity, and dignity in care, while valuing interdisciplinary, interprofessional, and intersectoral perspectives.
We invite the academic community, researchers, and healthcare professionals to contribute with studies aligned to the following thematic axes:
- Axis 1. Foundations, Principles, and Contemporary Models of Palliative Care. Conceptual, epistemological, and historical approaches that sustain the field.
- Axis 2. Untreated Suffering, Vulnerabilities, and Comprehensiveness of Care. Discussions on inequalities, invisibilities, and unmet needs.
- Axis 3. Technologies, Innovation, and Digitalization in Palliative Care. Telehealth, devices, digital tools, artificial intelligence, and innovative solutions.
- Axis 4. Science and Technology in Palliative Care. Potentials of grand theories, middle-range theories, nursing diagnoses, and nursing processes applied to palliative and end-of-life contexts.
- Axis 5. Public Policies, Service Organization, and Governance in Palliative Care. Implementation, evaluation, monitoring, management, care networks, financing, and strategies to expand access.
- Axis 6. Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health of Individuals in Palliative Care and Their Families/Caregivers. Coping strategies, nursing care for individuals with psychiatric diagnoses, and discussions on psychological suffering.
- Axis 7. Care Contexts in Institutional and Non-Institutional Perspectives. Family and caregiver issues, social support, transitional care institutions, hospices, and home-based care.
- Axis 8. Education, Training, and Competency Development in Palliative Care. Curricula, teaching methodologies, professional training, and continuing education.
- Axis 9. Health Education, Palliative Care Literacy, and Compassionate Communities. Experiences of compassionate communities, social mobilization, health communication, and strategies that strengthen support networks and citizen participation in care.
- Axis 10. End-of-Life Palliative Care. Complexities of end-of-life care, including symptom management, shared decision-making, family support, and practices that ensure dignity, comfort, and comprehensiveness, particularly in contexts of vulnerability and untreated suffering.
We encourage the submission of contributions that explore the clinical, ethical, social, cultural, educational, organizational, and political dimensions of palliative care across diverse contexts and populations. Original research articles, reviews, reflective essays, experience reports, and other formats are welcome, provided they contribute to deepening this important debate and strengthening care practices that acknowledge and respond to human suffering in all its complexity.
At the time of submission, authors must indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended for the Special Issue. We look forward to receiving your articles and to promoting the dissemination of scientific knowledge on palliative care.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Ivone Evangelista Cabral¹,², Prof. Dr. Liana Amorim Correa Trotte², Prof. Dr. Carlos Laranjeira³
1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery (Anna Nery School of Nursing). Graduate Program. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (State University of Rio de Janeiro). Faculty of Nursing. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
3. Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria). School of Health Sciences. Leiria, Portugal.
