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 …

Background The need for palliative care is increasing. Since almost every junior doctor will
come across palliative care patients, it is important to include palliative care in the …

Background: The majority of expected deaths in high income countries occur in hospital
where optimal palliative care cannot be assured. In addition, a large number of patients with …

Background: Palliative care is a rapidly growing subspecialty that aims at improving the
quality of life and relieving suffering associated with life threatening disease. Despite its …

Palliative care practice is associated with risk factors linked to end-of-life, chronicity,
personal, interpersonal, and work characteristics, as well as with protective factors, but how …

Background: An interdisciplinary palliative care team began exploring evaluation tools used
to assess changes in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of learners participating in clinical …

Background: Since the medical specialty of palliative medicine was recognized in 1988, the
role of hospital specialist palliative care services has been developing, extending to patients …

Palliative care is emerging as a new area of medical expertise (12, 3). However, palliative
medical education has been uneven in its development world-wide and little work has been …

The discrepancy in the demand for palliative care and distribution of specialist palliative care
services will force patients to be eventually cared for by primary care/family physicians in the …

Objectives The need for public education on palliative care has been widely argued for. To
develop effective educational strategies, a stronger evidence base is needed on what …