Objectives: We, the Department of Community Medicine, have been training healthcare
providers for palliative care in the hospital and community setting. There were many …

To date, an advance in medical technology and science increase the population's life-span.
Hence, palliative medicine, aiming to improve quality of life in patients' life with incurable …

Background: There have been many studies on the unmet needs of palliative care patients
and carers from the perspective of bereaved caregivers. However, the unmet needs of …

Background: Existing literature has shown the importance of palliative home care to improve
quality of life among end-stage patients. However, access to palliative home care remains …

Background: On average, people will experience 2.28 hospital admissions in the last year of
life with the likelihood of a hospital admission increasing in the last 2 weeks of life. Reducing …

Background The referral process in palliative care is influenced by the structure of the health
care system and the understanding of the value of Palliative Care (PC) by healthcare …

Background: Family caregivers are of vital support to patients receiving home-based
palliative care. Aims and Objectives: This study sought to identify and comprehend the …

Background Norway has one of the lowest home death rates in Europe. However, it is the
health authorities´ ambition to increase this by facilitating palliative care at home. The aim of …

Background: Palliative patients often suffer from serious illness and commonly move
between care settings. As such, transfers of patients can take place between acute hospital …

Background: Increased cancer prevalence, especially in terminal condition, needs a
comprehensive management approach through a palliative care. Cancer patient is very …