Background Inpatient palliative care programs can improve care of patients with serious
illness. We developed the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services (CHIPS) …

BACKGROUND Shortcomings in the quality of care of hospitalized patients at the end of life
are well documented. Although hospitalists and residents are often involved in the care of …

Technological advances in medicine have led to increasing complexity in health care
decision making, and subsequently, greater opportunity for variation in the delivery of end-of …

It is right and fitting that an article focused on palliative care appears in the inaugural issue of
the Journal of Hospital Medicine (JHM). 1 Both hospital medicine and palliative care are …

While there are many documents and published articles around end-of-life (EOL) care,
including withdrawing and withholding treatment, there are very few that directly refer to how …

Dying can certainly be viewed from a purely reductionistic perspective, characterized by an
emphasis on cellular physiology, biological systems, and pathological processes. It is …

Background Although work hour is an important factors for resident workload, other
contributing factors, such as patient severity, with regards to resident workload have been …

Établir un état des lieux des connaissances sur les conflits survenant en soins palliatifs et
évaluer la qualité des travaux de recherche publiés entre 1995-2004. Littérature publiée et …

Background: Medical care at night for patients with do-not-resuscitate orders and the
practice patterns of the on-call residents have rarely been reported. Aim: To evaluate the …

Communication is central to palliative care. It unifies all nursing practice, and plays an
integral role in the operationalization of palliative care. To deliver quality palliative care, it is …