Background: The benefits of palliative care programs are well documented. However, the
effectiveness of specialist palliative care services is not well established. The previous lack …

The Delphi technique is a suitable methodology for structuring group communication to
answer current and prospective research questions within several rounds. The method is …

Background: In order to provide responsive, individualised and personalised care, there is
now greater engagement with patients, families and carers in designing health services. Out …

Smart city initiatives are viewed as an input to existing urban systems to solve various
problems faced by modern cities. Making cities smarter implies not only technological …

Purpose The challenges faced by China's high-end equipment manufacturing (HEEM)
industry are becoming clearer in the process of global supply chain (GSC) reconfiguration …

Background: Deaths in the community are increasing. However, community palliative care
out-of-hours is variable. We lack detailed understanding of how care is provided out-of …

Background Specialist palliative care teams (SPCTs) in hospitals improve quality of life and
satisfaction with care for patients with advanced disease. However, referrals to SPCTs are …

The Delphi method has been used as a way to reach consensus among experts established
in the 1950s. The method was originally conceived to be used as a forecasting instrument …

Context Early integrated palliative care improves quality of life, but palliative care programs
are underutilized. Psychoeducational interventions explaining palliative care may increase …

Aim The aim of this study was to describe team leaders' experiences of facilitators and
barriers of leadership in specialist palliative home care teams. Background For effective …