… By using a narrative approach (Holloway & Freshwater, 2007), we coded palliative care
into an early palliative phase, a middle palliative phase, a terminal phase and a bereavement …

… palliative care increases, more information is needed on how efficient different types of
palliative care models are for providing care … value of palliative and end-of-life care interventions …

… identified as requiring palliative care using a palliative care screening tool Study defined:
people with a positive NECPAL result indicating they might benefit from a palliative approach (…

… Specialist palliative care services are those where palliative care is the core … basic palliative
care may be provided, but palliative care is not their primary purpose, such as primary care …

… care of a non-palliative care specialist physician, related to their diagnosis, not specialist
palliative care. … were under specialist palliative care, with others receiving end-of-life care from …

… narrative approach to data synthesis according to the guidelines by Centre for Reviews &
Dissemination. The narrative … a comprehensive understanding 19 of palliative care’s impact on …

… We conducted a narrative synthesis of the selected studies. A narrative synthesis is commonly
used to synthesise evidence from studies that are heterogenous in design and does not …

… All units were inpatient palliative care units except in one study where palliative care patients
of a home care unit were studied. Kwon et al. and Atkinson and Kirkham 15 considered all …

… Patients with heart failure have comparable illness burden and palliative care needs to …
palliative care. One main barrier is the difficulty in identifying those who require palliative care…

… Palliative and end-of-life care is a core competency for doctors and is increasingly … There
is a growing international movement to embed palliative care education in medical student and …