Background: There is a growing recognition that a palliative care approach should be
initiated early and not just in the terminal phase for patients with life-limiting diseases. Family …

Objective To evaluate an intervention aimed at building capacity to deliver palliative care in
primary care settings. Design The INTEGRATE Project was a 3-year pilot project involving …

Background: Family members are commonly involved in end-of-life decision making and
typically involved in inpatient palliative care consultations. Although much research has …

Background: Evidence supporting early palliative care is based on trials of specialised
palliative care, but a more sustainable model might involve mainly primary providers. Aim …

Background: Despite some insurance plans now paying for home-based palliative care,
recent reports have suggested that insurance coverage for palliative care may be insufficient …

The early integration of specialist palliative care has been shown to benefit the quality of life
of patients with advanced cancer. In order to explore whether other seriously ill people and …

Background Early start of palliative care improves the quality of life of eligible patients and
their relatives. However, in hospital, patients who could benefit from palliative care are often …

Background It can be difficult to identify when a palliative care approach should be started
both in malignant, and particularly, in non-malignant disease, ideally to run alongside …

Background: To provide truly patient-centered palliative care services, there is a need to
better understand the perspectives and experiences of patients and families. Increased …

Abstract Background According to the Word Health Organization, patients who can benefit
from palliative care should be identified earlier to enable proactive palliative care. Up to …