People in their last few days of life are entitled to individualised care tailored to their needs,
reviewed at least daily and openly discussed with them or their representatives, a new …

Background In PaTz (PAlliatieve Thuis Zorg, palliative care at home), modelled after the
Gold Standards Framework, GPs and community nurses meet on a regular basis to identify …

Background: Growing global demand for palliative care services has prompted generalist
clinicians to provide adjunct support to specialist teams. Paramedics are uniquely placed to …

As the number of older people increases across the world, and more people approach the
end of their lives with chronic and complex conditions, the need for robust and relevant …

Background The prompt availability of medications to manage symptoms is key to high
quality end-of-life care and anticipatory prescribing of these drugs is thought good practice …

Introduction To support general practitioners (GPs) in providing early palliative care to
patients with cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure, the RADboud …

Background: Access to community palliative and end-of-life care that is patient-centred,
culturally sensitive and responsive is not equitable for all people in New Zealand. There is …

Objectives Report the use of an objective tool, UK Gold Standards Framework (GSF) criteria,
to describe the prevalence, recognition and outcomes of patients with palliative care needs …

Objective: Despite being ideally placed to provide care to patients with terminal illness,
many general practitioners (GPs) are not involved in palliative care. This study aimed to …

The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) provides an approach for clinicians to identify the
adult patients nearing the end-of-life, enabling advance care planning and access to quality …