Purpose: In 1997, a biweekly, 18-month Palliative Care Seminar Series was started at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine as a way to explore participants' beliefs about palliative care and to …

Background: Despite the world-wide growth of specialist palliative care services, the bulk of
care and decision making at the end of life are delivered in general hospital, primary care …

End-of-life and palliative care, while not new, have become focal issues in the health arena.
The distinction between the two is often blurred. A number of initiatives have been used to …

Background: Contemporary medicine has begun to reemphasize the importance of palliative
and end-of-life-care. This shift requires a commensurate change in physician education to …

OBJECTIVE: To examine factors that influence family physicians' decisions to practise
palliative care. DESIGN: Qualitative method of in-depth interviews. SETTING: Southwestern …

Background: In response to the nationwide need for improved care of patients at end of life,
our medical school implemented approximately 20 hours of mandatory coursework on the …

Objectives: To assess parents' and health care providers' perceptions of the name and
description of a pediatric palliative care (PPC) program. Methods: Survey conducted at three …

Background: Equipping all interprofessional clinicians with foundational palliative care
competencies is essential to address the complex needs of the growing number of adults …

A faculty development course was offered at the Medical College of Wisconsin to bolster
existing medical student and housestaff training opportunities in palliative medicine. An 8 …

Background: The ability of health care clinicians to offer a palliative approach to care to their
patients with progressive, life-limiting illness has become critical as demand for these …