OBJECTIVE To assess challenges in providing palliative care in long-term care (LTC)
facilities from the perspective of medical directors. DESIGN Cross-sectional mailed survey. A …

To obtain the information necessary for coordinated regional program development, we
examined (a) the multidisciplinary viewpoint of palliative care service provision and (b) the …

Jericho Metropolitan Hospital (JMH) is a major Australian teaching hospital which lacked a
designated palliative care service at the time this study was conducted. A questionnaire …

OBJECTIVE: To examine factors that influence family physicians' decisions to practise
palliative care. DESIGN: Qualitative method of in-depth interviews. SETTING: Southwestern …

Background: Many health care organizations are interested in instituting a palliative care
clinic. However, there are insufficient published data regarding existing practices to inform …

The views of family doctors on local specialist palliative care services such as hospices and
home care teams and the needs of their patients were studied. Of 203 family doctors sent a …

Although residents of nursing homes (NH) could greatly benefit from palliative care, most
NHs do not have a clear understanding of how to incorporate the philosophy of palliative …

Objective: To understand perceptions of palliative care in acute care hospitals and identify
barriers to earlier use of palliative care in the illness trajectory. Methods: In Pennsylvania …

One strategy for improving access to palliative care services in rural and remote
communities is to educate community-based health professionals in the knowledge and …

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