With the rising incidence of cancer and with more terminally ill patients wishing to be cared
for at home, it is clear that there is a growing need for general practitioners (GPs) who are …

Effective internal medicine practice requires a palliative care skill set often developed during
residency training. Most internists care for seriously ill patients who need effective pain and …

Although only 25% of patients die at home, more than 90% of the terminally ill patient's last
year of life is at home under the care of their own general practitioner (GP). In the United …

The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) produced a previous undergraduate palliative
medicine syllabus in 1992. This study describes the process of developing the new APM …

Background Palliative care in Australia and New Zealand is well established and founded
on a multidisciplinary, patient-centred model of care delivered by medical, nursing, allied …

It is important to support general practitioners (GPs) in developing and maintaining palliative
care skills as most of the final year of a patient's life is spent at home. This study aimed to …

When the EAPC was formed in 1988 many European countries were still without Palliative
Care services and few medical schools taught Palliative Care. In those that did, the time …

Patients coming under the care of a specialist palliative care unit are, sadly, in a unique
position to describe and demonstrate communication issues, particularly the breaking of bad …

Purpose: There is emerging recognition within the literature that speech-language
pathologists (SLPs) have a role in the provision of paediatric palliative care (PPC). SLPs …