Background: Palliative care has been widely implemented in clinical practice for patients
with cancer but is not routinely provided to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, life-limiting illness. Despite
significant symptom burden, access to advance care planning (ACP) and palliative care are …

Aims and objectives To uncover what is known about nurse‐led models or interventions that
have integrated palliative care into the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have well-
documented symptoms that affect quality of life. Professional societies recommend palliative …

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of
respiratory morbidity and mortality with limited data on palliative care and evidence of …

End− of− life discussions with patients with chronic disease are considered important.
Patients with COPD are often hospitalised but disease trajectory is unpredictable and so …

Background Guidelines recommend open discussions between patients and healthcare
professionals as the end-of-life (EOL) approaches. Much of the knowledge about the EOL is …

Introduction: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may experience
palliative care needs in early, late, and terminal phase of the disease. Health professionals …

BACKGROUND: Understanding patients' needs and perspectives is fundamental to
improving end‐of‐life (EOL) care. However, little is known of what quality care means to …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, life-limiting
illness that requires end-of-life care planning, yet remains under-served. Understanding …