Objectives: This study aimed to explore health professional, patient, family, and caregiver
perceptions of palliative care, availability of palliative care services to patients across South …

Background: Palliative care affords numerous benefits, including improvements in symptom
management, mental health, and quality of life, financial savings, and decreased mortality …

Background: To provide truly patient-centered palliative care services, there is a need to
better understand the perspectives and experiences of patients and families. Increased …

Background: Palliative care services are lacking in rural hospitals. Implementing palliative
care services in rural and remote areas requires knowledge of available resources, specific …

Background Palliative care (PC) helps maintain quality of life for seriously ill patients, yet,
many Americans lack knowledge of PC. Aim To explore the relationships between …

All individuals deserve to have access to quality end-of-life care. In rural communities within
the United States, significant barriers limit access to hospice and palliative care. They …

Objectives: To assess parents' and health care providers' perceptions of the name and
description of a pediatric palliative care (PPC) program. Methods: Survey conducted at three …

Key Findings on the Perceptions of Palliative Care Page 1 Key Findings on the Perceptions of
Palliative Care Diane E. Meier, MD, FAAHPM, FACP Director Lisa Morgan Chief Marketing and …

Background: Despite the documented benefits of palliative and hospice care on improving
patients' quality of life, these services remain underutilized. Multiple factors limit the …

Multiple studies demonstrate most consumers do not know about palliative care. And, since
January 2018, California's Medi-Cal Managed Care patients have been eligible for palliative …