This article reports on a quality improvement project designed to answer the following
question: Given the shortage of providers trained in hospice and palliative medicine, could a …

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 …

Five key areas ripe for development in palliative care were highlighted at the UK Palliative
Care Congress in Bournemouth in March 2010 by members of the Primary Palliative Care …

Background Descriptions of community‐based speech–language therapy (SLT) dysphagia
practices and services are underrepresented in the research literature, despite the …

The timing of the introduction of palliative care has been identified as an area in need of
research. This study examines the meaning of palliative care, the process and timing of …

Introduction Palliative care is critically important for the world's aging population and can
change illness trajectories and promote advances in health care technologies. As health …

For more than 30 years, the term “palliative care” has been used. From the outset, the term
has undergone a series of transformations in its definitions and consequently in its tasks and …

Palliative care is an underutilized and often misunderstood discipline in the treatment of
patients with head and neck cancer. The key components of palliative care include …

Objectives This scoping review identifies the health professionals who provide palliative
care within the primary health setting in Australia. Methods A scoping review approach was …

Journal of Palliative Care (IJPC) in disseminating scientific communication for evidence‑
based palliative care in developing countries.[1] This letter is addressed to the readers of …