Background: A multidisciplinary European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce was
established to scope the extent of and learn what facilitates and hinders the development of …

Background Improving palliative care management in acute hospital settings has been
identified as a priority internationally. The aim of this study was to establish the proportion of …

Objectives To describe general practitioners'(GPs) involvement in end-of-life care, continuity
and outcomes of care, and reported management challenges in the Australian context …

Background: General practitioners have overall responsibility for community care, including
towards end of life. Current policy places generalists at the centre of palliative care …

Objective: The difficulties in conducting palliative care research have been widely
acknowledged. In order to generate the evidence needed to underpin palliative care …

Background: Public health and palliative care are both broad disciplines with blurred
boundaries. There is growing support for an alignment of palliative care to public health …

Background: Healthcare providers working in hospitals are frequently exposed to patients
with palliative care needs. For most patients, these reflect non-specialist rather than …

Background Demand for palliative care provision within hospitals is significant and projected
to increase in line with the population ageing and an increase in non-communicable …

The rising trend of chronic life-threatening illnesses is accompanied by an exponential
increase in serious health-related suffering. Palliative care is known to ameliorate physical …

There has been a steady expansion of hospital-based palliative care in the United Kingdom
but limited published research on health professionals' views of hospital multidisciplinary …