… results from a national survey of hospices regarding their processes of care for serving both
… the interdisciplinary palliative care team; (3) the content of patient goals of care discussions; (…

… EOL care in general hospitals and home care. Therefore, we planned a nationwide project
to evaluate hospice and palliative care, the Japan HOspice and Palliative care Evaluation (J-…

… 6, 7 and have been used in nationwide surveys, including the J-HOPE study, to evaluate
hospice and palliative care.5, 15 Each survey questionnaire was translated for use in this study …

… of quality palliative care, those of quality EOL care reflect the multidimensional domains
of care … -cancer causes: a national survey of bereaved relatives. Age Ageing. 2010;39(1):86–91. …

… Prior research, including studies from the palliative care program in this study, has demonstrated
that hospital palliative care programs can significantly improve patients’ physical and …

… This report compelled the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care Quality
Workgroup to identify key measures for further development and use specifically for community-…

… to produce the final survey. In this article, we describe evaluation of the finalized survey after
implementation in a sample of palliative care programs. The survey (available upon request…

… The NCP developed a framework that identified eight domains of quality palliative care.
The domains are listed in Table 1, with the key elements described within the guidelines. As …

… the state of research in palliative care routinely include negative assessments of … quality
and quantity of palliative care research. Recent reviews of the evidence base for palliative care …

… Satisfaction levels have been used widely in palliative care to assess quality. A literature
review … be employed usefully to indicate the quality of palliative care services. What is quality? …