Purpose Palliative care consultation service (PCCS) is currently utilized to provide care to
terminal patients in Taiwan. However, there is little research on the relationship between …

The palliative care consultation service (PCCS) that has been enthusiastically promoted in
Taiwan since 2005 was designed to provide comprehensive end-of-life care for terminally ill …

Early integration of palliative care for terminally ill cancer and non-cancer patients improves
quality of life. However, there are sparse data on results of palliative care consultation …

Backgrounds Early integration of palliative care for terminally ill non-cancer patients
improves quality of life. However, there are scanty data on Palliative Care Consultation …

This study aimed to compare multiaspect characteristics in cancer and noncancer patients
who received palliative care. Totally, 226 patients with cancer and 115 noncancer patients …

Purpose The responsibility of taking care of terminal patients is accepted as a role of family
members in Taiwan. Only a few studies have focused on the effect of palliative care …

Background. Palliative care (PC) infrastructure has developed differently around the globe.
Whereas some institutions consider the palliative care unit (PCU) a valuable component …

Purpose Awareness of the status of disease among terminally ill cancer patients is an
important part of the end-of-life care. We have evaluated how palliative care consultative …

Limited data are available to guide the timing of palliative care involvement in the treatment
of cancer. We describe the referral patterns of inpatient palliative care consultations (IPCC) …

PURPOSE: Palliative care (PC) improves outcomes in advanced cancer, and guidelines
recommend early outpatient referral. However, many PC teams see more inpatient than …