Background: The goal of the 4th edition of the National Consensus Project Clinical Practice
Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (NCP Guidelines) is to improve access to quality …

Hospice Care–a well-established program to provide patients with a prognosis of six months
or less. As delineated within the Medicare Hospice Bene. t, these services can be provided …

The release in 2007 of the National Quality Forum (NQF) preferred practices is a significant
advance in the field of palliative care. These NQF preferred practices build on the clinical …

Context Palliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of
life for patients and their caregivers. Objectives The purpose of this review was to provide a …

Advancing the science of end-of-life care requires a foundation of clear domains and
variables to guide research and clinical practice. Palliative care and hospice programs have …

The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide interdisciplinary recommendations on
palliative care for patients with cancer. The NCCN Guidelines are intended to provide …

Background: In 2009, the EAPC published recommendations on standards and norms for
palliative care in Europe, and a decade later, wished to update them to reflect contemporary …

For critically ill patients and their loved ones, high-quality health care includes the provision
of excellent palliative care. To achieve this goal, the healthcare system needs to identify …

Purpose The purpose of this new resource-stratified guideline is to provide expert guidance
to clinicians and policymakers on implementing palliative care of patients with cancer and …

The past 30 years has seen a huge expansion in the provision of palliative care services.
Because palliative medicine is a multidisciplinary specialty–combining the expertise of …