Objectives To explore the extent to which national policy in end of life care in England
influences and guides local practice, to ensure that care for patients over the age 75 years is …

Aim: To explore the extent to which national policy in end-of-life care (EOLC) in England
influences and guides local practice, helping to ensure that care for older people at the EOL …

The objectives of this study were to establish the extent to which UK primary care has
adopted recommended practices on supportive and palliative care of adults with cancer, and …

Objective The aim of this study was to map end-of-life care in acute hospital settings against
Elements 1–5 of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's …

Background Research shows most people want to die at home yet most in fact die in
hospital. The underlying reason for this mismatch is that health and social care services …

Good quality end-of-life care is recognised as an essential component of modern health
care services (Department of Health, 2008; National Audit Office, 2008). In recent years a …

Objective To explore end-of-life care in the ward and intensive care unit (ICU) environment
in nine Australian hospitals in a retrospective observational study. Methods In total, 1693 in …

Background The importance of measuring the quality of end-of-life care provision is
undisputed, but determining how best to achieve this is yet to be confirmed. This study …

Aims This report presents recommendations for future research to be commissioned by the
SDO on generalist end of life care for adults. The aims and objectives were to define what …

Background: Prioritisation of end-of-life care by policymakers has been the subject of
extensive rhetoric, but little scrutiny. In England, responsibility for improving health and care …