Background According to EU policy, anyone in need of palliative care should be able to
have access to it. It is therefore important to investigate which palliative care topics are …

At the national level, hospice and palliative care activities have been developing in Europe
since the late 1960s. International organisations to support palliative care have been in …

Background: Lack of consistency in palliative care language can serve as barriers when
designing, delivering, and accessing high-quality palliative care services. Objective: To …

Background: Palliative care program service delivery is variable, and programs often lack
data to support and guide program development and growth. Objective: To review the …

Purpose: This joint position statement, by the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC)
and Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI), proposes to address gaps in palliative …

Palliative care (PC) is beneficial, however, in many settings it is under-resourced and unable
to consistently meet the needs of patients and their families. A lack of national health policy …

“A planning guide”: developing a consensus document for palliative care service provision
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Barriers to palliative care around the world include: underutilization of and lack of access to
opiates; the separation of palliative (hospice) care from the usual health care system in …

Care indicates that palliative care as a specialized program in the Canadian home care
system has shown only small increases over the past decade (84 community-based …

Opinion statement Palliative care has evolved over the decades from its roots in the hospice
movement to a much wider approach in which early intervention further “upstream” in the …