… Life Care Strategy for England has highlighted the delivery of high quality palliative and end
of life care in the acute hospital … of patients dying in acute hospitals receive very poor care. A …

… -of-life care decision-making and death of patients in an acute neurological hospital ward.
Our … the point of documenting an end-of-life treatment directive to patients’ death for all patient …

… for end-of-life patients. These results add to this literature suggesting that end-of-life hospital
… This research has multiple implications that can improve end-of-life care. To provide …

… end of life impedes the use of ACPs 18. The low uptake of ACPs suggests we cannot rely on
them to guide end-of-life care in acute hospitals. By default, in-hospital discussions between …

… of end-of-life care and demonstrated cost savings for the hospitals. Literature review demon…
successful palliative care programs (Rice & Betcher, 2007): • Earlier end-of-life discussions. …

… Furthermore, there is evidence that in acute hospitals the diagnosis of dying in any patient,
including those with stroke, usually occurs close to death: within 72 hours of death for 87% of …

… a snapshot of availability of ACP in UK acute hospitals. Only a small number of patients had
… is a poor prognostic sign and frequently signals the transition to end-of-life care regardless …

… Australian data suggest that up to 50% of Australian deaths occur in acute care hospitals, …
approach to caring for dying people in acute care hospitals in regional Australia. The process …

… an acute hospital stay for an acute hospital need, but they wouldn't pay enough for an acute
hospital stay for hospice-level care… The only systematic study of end-of-life care in this setting …

… of quality end-of-life care on an acute medical ward. J Adv Nurs … inpatients at an acute
hospital have palliative care needs?… inpatients at an acute hospital have palliative care needs? …