Background Worldwide, many patients with cancer, are infrequently referred to palliative
care or are referred late. Oncologists and haematologists may act as gatekeepers, and their …

Background: Palliative care exists in diverse healthcare settings. Nurses play a crucial role
in its provision. Different levels of palliative care provision and education have been …

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

Background: Nurses are the largest regulated group of healthcare professionals involved in
palliative care. In 2004, a taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) …

Purpose Older people with dementia are at risk of adverse events associated with potentially
inappropriate prescribing. Aim: to describe (1) how international tools designed to identify …

Background In a society where ageing of the population and the increasing prevalence of
long-term conditions are major issues, collaboration between primary and secondary care is …

Background: Integrated palliative care aims at improving coordination of palliative care
services around patients' anticipated needs. However, international comparisons of how …

Objective: To identify factors that hinder or facilitate the palliative care consultation team's
(PCCT) successful collaboration with other providers from the perspectives of both PCCT …

Background: Healthcare providers working in hospitals are frequently exposed to patients
with palliative care needs. For most patients, these reflect non-specialist rather than …

The resilience of a healthcare system hinges on the adaptability of its teams. Thus far,
healthcare teams have relied on well-defined scopes of practice to fulfill their safety …