Background Pandemics and epidemics are public health emergencies that can result in
substantial deaths and socio-economic disruption. Nurses play a key role in the public …

Objective: To provide a description of communication breakdowns and to identify
interventions to improve surgical decision making for elderly patients with serious illness …

Background: For patients dying of cancer, a visit to the emergency department can be
disruptive, distressing and exhausting. Such visits made near the end of life are considered …

Emergency department use contributes to high end-of-life costs and is potentially
burdensome for patients and family members. We examined emergency department use in …

Context Admissions to the emergency department (ED) can be distressing to patients with
advanced cancer receiving palliative care. There is limited research about the clinical …

Introduction The number of people dying in emergency departments (EDs) is increasing.
However, EDs are not well designed or resourced for safe and effective End-Of-Life (EOL) …

Context Emergency department (ED) providers and policy makers are increasingly
interested in develo** palliative care (PC) interventions for ED patients. Many patients in …

Background Increasing use of emergency departments among older patients with palliative
needs has led to the development of several service-level interventions intended to improve …

During the last 6 months of life, 75% of older adults with preexisting serious illness, such as
advanced heart failure, lung disease, and cancer, visit the emergency department (ED). ED …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer commonly visit the emergency department (ED)
during the last 3 months of life. Identification of these patients and their palliative care needs …