Background: Nurses must possess adequate competencies to provide high-quality palliative
care. Earlier statements have described certain competencies that are relevant for palliative …

Background: Palliative care exists in diverse healthcare settings. Nurses play a crucial role
in its provision. Different levels of palliative care provision and education have been …

Background: A key aspect of the provision of high-quality palliative care is ensuring that
qualified staff have ongoing education in this area. Aim: To explore the educational needs of …

Background Although statements on the competencies required from physicians working
within palliative care exist, these requirements have not been described within different …

Introduction: Nurses can have a prominent role in end-of-life care. They should however
have the appropriate knowledge and practice about Palliative Care (PC) in order to provide …

Background There is a general lack of research regarding the palliative care of nursing
home residents and professional education in palliation in Denmark. Qualification …

Background Despite the great advances in the concept of palliative care (PC) and its
benefits, its application seems to be delayed, leaving unfulfilled the many needs of patients …

Background: Nurses are the largest regulated group of healthcare professionals involved in
palliative care. In 2004, a taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) …

Aims and objectives To examine the content and reported psychometric properties of
instruments for assessing nurses' palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised …

Background: The WHO definitions of palliative care have been adopted in Denmark and
implemented in The National Guidelines from 1999, but service developments have been …