Background Early provision of palliative care, at least 3–4 months before death, can improve
patient quality of life and reduce burdensome treatments and financial costs. However, there …

Background: Patient/carer involvement in palliative care research has been reported as
complex, difficult and less advanced compared to other areas of health and social care …

This is the second in an occasional series of paired commentaries in Age and Ageing, the
Journal of the British Geriatrics Society and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society …

Background Despite 50 years of modern palliative care (PC), a misunderstanding of its
purpose persists. The original message that PC is focused on total care, helping to live until …

Ghana's chronic disease burden is on the rise. An essential aspect of clinical care in chronic
disease management is to improve the quality of life of both patients and their families and to …

Objectives A public health approach to palliative care that reorientates care towards the
public is advocated in global policy. The public are drivers in identifying care priorities and …

Objective: This review aims at gaining a broad overview of national approaches about
Palliative care (PC) implementation into health care systems in countries that have PC …

The importance of 'policy'within palliative care has steadily increased over the past 25 years.
Whilst this has been welcomed within the palliative care field and seen as a route to greater …

Aim To identify the experiences of shared decision‐making (SDM) for adults with end‐stage
kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis (HD) and their family members. Design A …

Objectives: The aim of the study is to identify PC services available in a Nigerian Hospital
and how they are organized. Methods: This ethnographic study, utilized documentary …