Abstract Background In Australia approximately 70% of all deaths are institutionalised but
over 15% of deaths occur in intensive care settings where the ability to provide a “good …

Patients with serious illnesses are living longer and with greater disabilities. Palliative‐care
interventions have been shown to increase quality of life, lower costs, and improve survival …

Many hospitalized patients need holistic care, symptom management, advanced care
planning, stronger patient-family-provider communication, strategic goals-of-care planning …

Background Despite 50 years of modern palliative care (PC), a misunderstanding of its
purpose persists. The original message that PC is focused on total care, helping to live until …

Insufficient knowledge of palliative care among nurses is well documented and is
considered one of the main obstacles to providing high-quality palliative care services. Thus …

Objective Integrated palliative care for populations with cancer is now highly recommended.
However, numerous physicians working in cancer care are still reluctant to refer patients to …

To The Editor, Even though palliative care has been present in India since the mid-1980s,
provision of services has not kept pace with demand: coverage is poor as evidenced by per …

Context Incorporation of a palliative care approach is increasingly needed in primary care
and nursing home care because most people with a life-limiting illness or frailty live there …

Palliative care has been challenged to share its message with a wider audience, and for
many years it has been articulating an approach that is suitable for all patients. However, it is …

Nurses have an integral role in promoting and providing early palliative care. The provision
of palliative care is aligned to the basic tenants of nursing in providing holistic care to …