Background: It is necessary to develop palliative care to meet existing and future needs of
patients and their families. It is important to include knowledge of patient preferences when …

This systematic literature review examined the impact of specialist models of palliative care
on consumer satisfaction, opinion and preference over the past 20 years. From the literature …

Background: The majority of expected deaths in high income countries occur in hospital
where optimal palliative care cannot be assured. In addition, a large number of patients with …

Developing accountable and appropriate care services depends on listening to the views of
service users. This nurse-led, qualitative study explored 10 palliative care patients' views of …

Background Despite increased attention and knowledge in palliative care, there is still
confusion concerning how to interpret the concept of palliative care and implement it in …

Context Despite the availability of numerous tools professing to measure quality of life (QOL)
in the palliative care setting, no single instrument includes all patient-valued domains …

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 …

Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family
caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and …

Background: The lack of a clear definition of the palliative care patient hampers the
comparison of results across different studies and impedes implementation of research …

Background: The quality of palliative care is the foremost preoccupation of clinicians,
decision-makers, and managers as well as patients and families. Major input from …