Background: Despite the world-wide growth of specialist palliative care services, the bulk of
care and decision making at the end of life are delivered in general hospital, primary care …

Objectives: Despite palliative care being standard for patients with chronic and/or life-limiting
conditions, a perceived lack of clarity regarding the definition and scope of palliative care …

Purpose: In 1997, a biweekly, 18-month Palliative Care Seminar Series was started at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine as a way to explore participants' beliefs about palliative care and to …

Background: There is a known shortage of trained palliative care professionals, and an even
greater shortage of professionals who have been trained through interprofessional curricula …

Historically, health and social care professionals have described their lack of competence
and confidence in many aspects of palliative care, and have recognized the need for …

Palliative care for those who need it should be an integral part of National Health Service
(NHS) practice in all settings in the UK. This study used a focus group and individual …

Reviews of literature relating to palliative care and interprofessional working identify the
need to enhance the 'palliative approach'among generic health and social care staff. Greater …

The UK Palliative Medicine Syllabus is critically evaluated to assess its relationship and
relevance to contemporary palliative care policy and direction. Three criteria are employed …

Background: Palliative care is part of comprehensive family practice; however, many
physicians do not feel confident in the biomedical and psychosocial realms. Although …

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