Background The assessment of patients' needs for care is a critical step in achieving patient-
centred cancer care. Tools can be used to assess needs and inform care planning. This …

Background UK policy guidance on treatment and care towards the end of life identifies a
need to better recognise patients who are likely to be in the last 12 months of life. Health and …

Background: Palliative care patients are often described as complex but evidence on
complexity is limited. We need to understand complexity, including at individual patient …

Executive summary This report forms part of the wider inquiry into the quality of general
practice in England commissioned by The King's Fund, and focuses specifically on the …

stajduhar ki, funk l., roberts d., mcleod b., cloutier‐fisher d., wilkinson c. & purkis me (2011)
Home care nurses' decisions about the need for and amount of service at the end of life …

leung d., esplen mj, peter e., howell d., rodin g. & fitch m.(2012) How haematological cancer
nurses experience the threat of patients' mortality. Journal of Advanced Nursing68 (10) …

Palliative medicine has only recently joined the ranks of evidence-based medical
subspecialties. Palliative medicine is a rapidly evolving field, which is quickly moving to …

Evidence suggests that the utilisation of community palliative care services varies
considerably according to different patient characteristics. Most literature describes this …

Background: Palliative care is well suited to support patients hospitalized with COVID-19,
but integration into care has been variable and generally poor. Aim: To understand barriers …

Goals of work The authors describe the use of cognitive interviewing methodology in the
development of a new supportive and palliative care screening measure to identify the …