Prognostication, along with diagnosis and treatment, is a traditional core clinical skill of the
physician. Many patients and families receiving palliative care want information about life …

Themes included the education of health care providers, the need to care for carers, and
interdisciplinary communication. Little attention was given to the growing population of …

Background: Palliative care improves care and reduces costs for hospitalized patients with
life-limiting illnesses. There have been no multicenter randomized trials examining impact …

Objective: To understand perceptions of palliative care in acute care hospitals and identify
barriers to earlier use of palliative care in the illness trajectory. Methods: In Pennsylvania …

Background: Many patients live with serious chronic or terminal illnesses. Multicomponent
palliative care interventions have been increasingly utilized in patient care; however, it is …

The notion of the interdisciplinary team as integral to the delivery of palliative care emerges
clearly and consistently in palliative care philosophy and practice discourses. Many studies …

Background: Family members are commonly involved in end-of-life decision making and
typically involved in inpatient palliative care consultations. Although much research has …

Overview: Inpatient palliative care teams'(PCT) contribution to improved quality of life and
patient satisfaction as well as decreased utilization and costs has been well established. Yet …

JACK B. & O'BRIEN M.(2010) European Journal of Cancer Care19, 636–642 Dying at home:
community nurses' views on the impact of informal carers on cancer patients' place of death …

In Japan, palliative care team (PCT) services have been covered by National Health
Insurance since 2002. The primary aims of this study were to compare the characteristics of …