Purpose. The purpose of this analysis is to trace the evolution of the concept of palliative in
the United States, explicate its meanings, and draw comparisons with other related concepts …

Traditionally, palliative care (PC) systems focused on the needs of advanced cancer
patients, but most patients needing PC have end-stage organ diseases. Similarly, PC …

Advance directives have not fulfilled their promise of facilitating decisions about end-of-life
care for incompetent patients. Many legal requirements and restrictions concerning advance …

ABSTRACT Take-Away Points: 1. Geriatric palliative care requires integrating the disciplines
of hospital medicine and palliative care in pursuit of delivering comprehensive, whole …

Persons facing death due to terminal illness experience diverse physical, emotional, and
relationship challenges. Dying persons have more than just physical needs, and spiritual …

Aim: This paper reports a concept analysis of palliative care in the United States.
Background: There has been a significant development of palliative care in the United …

Knowledge about the quality of end-of-life care in the elderly patient in Europe is
fragmented. The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Geriatric Palliative …

Residents in training are first-line physicians in hospital settings and they are in the process
of developing knowledge and mastering clinical skills. They have to confront complex tasks …

Objectives Hospitalists hospice referral patterns have been unstudied. This study aims to
examine hospice referral rates by attending type for hospitalized nursing home (NH) …

Purpose The care of older neurosurgical patients at the end life is a particularly demanding
challenge. Especially, the specific needs of very old patients with glioblastoma at the end of …