Background Without a well-rounded syllabus to teach end-of-life (EOL) communication,
medical providers find it challenging to enhance their patients' quality of life at the final stage …

Providing quality palliative care services is a national priority, and speech pathologists play
an integral role in this area managing communication and swallowing difficulties. However …

In today's complex health care delivery system, patients with serious and chronic illness and
their families demand that nurses and their interprofessional team be well versed in …

Objective: To examine health professions trainees' end-of-life (EOL) care knowledge,
attitudes, and intentions. Methods: IRB-approved online survey of 346 students/5 …

Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) such as speech therapists and audiologists
(ST/As), who work within healthcare facilities and special needs schools, may be confronted …

Speech therapists and audiologists (ST&As) may encounter patient death and dying in their
professional practice. However, there appears to be a dearth of research internationally and …

Purpose: We describe the development and the psychometric properties of an instrument to
assess self-perceived EOL care competencies for healthcare professionals: The End-of-Life …

The article explains an approach to building interprofessional education (IPE) and
interprofessional practice opportunities as well as content in palliative/hospice care within …

While much research has been conducted on the quality of End of Life (EoL) care, little has
changed in how healthcare providers (especially nurses) are educated on this topic. Current …

Background: In current medical practice we face an increasing array of possible medical
interventions, multi-morbid patients and an ageing population. End-of-life (EOL) …