Background: Palliative care has emerged as a specialist discipline in the past 25 years.
However in relation to acute hospitals, a sense exists that patients who are receiving end of …

Objectives Research was conducted in two teaching hospitals in Australia to collect data on
the care of patients dying in the acute care setting. Methodology Non-participant observation …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to consider alternative approaches to service delivery for
patients with chronic life‐limiting illnesses other than cancer. It will also discuss the issues …

Background: Hospital-based palliative care consultative teams assist with decision-making,
symptom management, patient and family support, and discharge planning for those with …

Objective The primary aim of the present study was to investigate A ustralian ED staff
perspectives and needs regarding palliative care provision. Secondary aims were to assess …

Approximately 90% of the UK population spend some time in hospital in their final year of
life, and more than half of the population die in hospital. This review aims to explore the …

End-of-life care in the critical care environment suffers from a lack of clarity and uncertainty.
Critical care nurses may often feel torn between wanting to do everything possible to sustain …

Objectives: To examine in a sample of nurses working in acute-care wards, self-reported
perceptions of the: 1) patient; family; nurse; doctor; and health system-related barriers to the …

Background Improving palliative care management in acute hospital settings has been
identified as a priority internationally. The aim of this study was to establish the proportion of …

With the number of people requiring palliative and end of life care steadily increasing, it is
the responsibility of every nurse, regardless of specialism, to know how to provide high …