Background: The extent of unmet need for palliative care in US hospitals remains largely
unknown. We conducted a multisite cross-sectional, retrospective point prevalence analysis …

Person-centred approaches to care delivery have been increasingly promoted in
international policy and strategy, but despite this there is evidence of failings within …

Background Managing death in the emergency department is a challenge. Emergency
nurses are expected to provide care to numerous patient groups in an often fast-paced, life …

In an ageing society, like the UK, where long-term illness dominates healthcare, there has
been a change in the way that the end-of-life is approached and experienced. Advancing …

Abstract Background: Overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) and the staff within them
are often not able to address the complex physical and psychosocial needs of people at the …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: e70–e76© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Palliative care focuses on the physical, spiritual …

Importance The accuracy of mortality assessment by emergency clinicians is unknown and
may affect subsequent medical decision-making. Objective To determine the association of …

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Background: Hospice provides an opportunity for patients to receive care at home at the end
of life (EOL); however, approximately 25% of patients who disenroll from hospice are …

Background: There is increasing interest in moving palliative care (PC) upstream to the
emergency department (ED). However, barriers to PC provision in ED exist and are not yet …