To effectively participate in provision of palliative care, nurses need to possess a
combination of knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes in equal measure in a way that is …

Background Palliative care is a patient-centred, integrated approach for improving quality of
life for both patients facing life-threatening illnesses and for their families. Although there has …

Background: Despite the documented benefits of palliative and hospice care on improving
patients' quality of life, these services remain underutilized. Multiple factors limit the …

Background Palliative care is nowadays essential in nursing care, due to the increasing
number of patients who require attention in the final stages of their life. Lack of knowledge of …

Aims and objectives To describe nurses' experiences of palliative care for older people with
advanced dementia living in residential aged care units. Background Dementia is a global …

Background: The provision of high-quality palliative care in nursing homes (NHs) is a major
challenge and places demands on the knowledge and skills of the staff. Aim: This study …

Background Nurses have a primary role in providing palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care.
Their knowledge of EOL care, attitudes toward care of the dying, and palliative care self …

Background: Palliative care (PC) is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients
and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness through the …

Background With the growing aging population, continual increase of the number of the old,
and increase of cancer survival rate, palliative care is being considered a global public …

Objective: This review aims at gaining a broad overview of national approaches about
Palliative care (PC) implementation into health care systems in countries that have PC …