A growing percentage of critically ill patients and their families in the United States speak
limited English. We present the case of a palliative care consult conducted across language …

Palliative care consultations for patients with life-threatening illnesses provide benefits for
the patients and their families as well as for the health care team. Patients have better quality …

Palliative care nurses provide care for patients who live with declining functional capacity
and symptoms associated with their illnesses and who, ultimately, face death. Despite a …

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Purpose: The need for all providers to deliver basic palliative care has emerged as patients'
needs outstrip the capacity of specialty palliative care. Many patients with complex illnesses …

Substantial shortfalls in the quality of palliative care of the elderly can be attributed to 5
fundamental flaws in the way end-of-life care is currently delivered. First, palliative care is …

This article presents a rapid review of the published literature and available resources for
educating Canadian physicians to provide palliative and end-of-life care. Several key …

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text
that addresses the needs of professionals who provide interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive …

Objective: The general population has been involved in considerable debate about
communication and awareness within the context of death and dying. However, there has …

In the transition from curative treatment to palliative care of a general end-of-life patient
population, the internal communication of the acute care staff seems to be less than optimal …