Background: Humanization of health care is defined as a state of well-being, involving
affection, dedication, respect for the other, that is, to consider the person as a complete and …

Glioblastoma is a highly malignant neoplasm, notorious for its poor prognosis. The median
age of diagnosis is 64 years, with an increasing number of patients diagnosed over the age …

Background: Implementation fidelity is critical in evaluating effectiveness of interventions.
Aim: Identifying and summarising strategies to improve and assess the level of reporting of …

Background Early identification of palliative needs has proven benefits in quality of life,
survival and decision-making. The NECesidades PALiativas (NECPAL) Centro Coordinador …

Objective: Develop and pilot-test a nurse-led primary palliative care intervention for patients
with advanced hematologic malignancies. Background: Nurse-led primary palliative care …

Objective Older hospitalized adults with an existing diagnosis of cancer rarely receive
cancer treatment after discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). It is unclear to what …

The pursuit of excellent compassionate care should be at the heart of all practice. However,
it can be challenging for practitioners to deliver this day after day in a context of tight budgets …

Background Palliative care program structure is important to integrating palliative services
into cancer care. A first step in understanding the structure of palliative care programs is to …

Since its creation in 1983, the Medicare hospice benefit has been “carved out” of Medicare's
managed care program, commonly known as Medicare Advantage. When a Medicare …

Aim: This study aimed to perform a quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative
care journals for reporting characteristics of articles on QoL. Settings and Design: This was a …