… Palliative care focuses on relief of suffering, psychosocial … laden discussions about palliative
care with seriously ill … response before discussing specific clinical decisions. Physicians can …

… clinical decision support (CDS) to assist providers in identifying patients most likely to
benefit from primary palliative care and provide point-of-care clinical … , treatment, care-coordination, …

Background Improving palliative care (PC) is demanding due to the increase in people with
PC needs over the next few years. An early identification of PC needs is fundamental in the …

… improved physicianpatient communication in palliative care. This hypothesis must … clinical
decisions in palliative care among healthcare professionals with experience in palliative care. …

… palliative care patients may use to participate in decisions may change according to the context
of those decisions… in the definition of palliative care accepted by Palliative Care Australia (…

… of properties of the decision-maker have the potential to influence the decision process, and
relate … This paper reports the results of a qualitative study that explored the clinical decision …

… that forecast the last 72 hours of life, by asking clinicians what information they use to
predict the last days of life and by studying subconscious clinical decision-making processes. …

… decision,11 using routine data to model the biology of dying,12 using prognostic methods
at a short timescale13 and using qualitative methods to explore decision … of clinical decision-…

… death might aid clinical decision-making for clinicians and patients alike: a time frame can
facilitate a judicious use of medical treatments, can optimize the use of palliative services, and …

… In this section, we review special concerns that arise in palliative care and decision-making
issues specific to various diseases and sites of care common at the end of life. …