Aims and objectives To investigate nurses' roles and responsibilities in providing
bereavement care during the care of dying patients within acute care hospitals. Background …

Purpose To inform health system improvements for care of elderly populations approaching
the end of life (EOL) by identifying important elements of care and implementation barriers …

Background: The majority of expected deaths in high income countries occur in hospital
where optimal palliative care cannot be assured. In addition, a large number of patients with …

Background: There is a dearth of evidence on the proportion of the hospital population at
any one time, that is in the last year of life, and therefore on how hospital policies and …

Background Research is fundamental to improving the quality of health care. The need for
regulation of research is clear. However, the bureaucratic complexity of research …

Aims: The aims of this study were to examine, on a population level, where people die in
Sweden, and to investigate associations between place of death and underlying cause of …

Background This paper focuses on communication between hospital staff and family carers
of patients dying on acute hospital wards, with an emphasis on the family carers' …

Background End-of-life care (EoLC) is an experience that touches the lives of everyone.
Dying in an acute hospital is a common occurrence in developed countries across the world …

Abstract Objectives According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index published by the
Intelligence Unit of the Economist, Hong Kong is ranked 22nd in terms of quality of palliative …

Background: The number of deaths occurring in hospitals is rising, and many occur in
settings other than specialist palliative care, oncology or critical care. Nurses working …