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Emergency department–based palliative care services are increasing, but research to develop these services rarely includes input from emergency clinicians, jeopardizing the effectiveness of subsequent palliative care interventions.

To collaboratively identify with emergency clinicians’ improvement priorities for emergency department–based palliative care for older people.

This was one component of an experience-based co-design project, conducted using semi-structured interviews and feedback sessions.

In-depth interviews with 15 emergency clinicians (nurses and doctors) at a large teaching hospital emergency department in the United Kingdom exploring experiences of palliative care delivery for older people. A thematic analysis identified core challenges that were presented to 64 clinicians over five feedback sessions, validating interview findings, and identifying …