Background Delivering palliative care to elderly, dying patients is a present and future
challenge. In Germany, this has been underlined by a 2009 legislation implementing …

Background In the context of an aging populations, there is an escalating need for palliative
care tailored to the needs of the elderly. This study aimed to assess differences in symptoms …

Background: With increasing patient age in Western countries, evidence indicates a
pervasive pattern of decreasing healthcare expenditures and less aggressive medical care …

Background. Knowledge concerning the provision of end of life care to the oldest old
hospitalised patients is deficient. Aims and objectives. To analyse whether there were …

Medical oncology has come to recognize the needs of older adults and made efforts to
address those needs [[1],[2],[3]]. For example, extensive research has been conducted on …

Opioids are considered the cornerstone of pain management in palliative care. Available
data suggest that older patients use different analgesics and lower opioid doses compared …

Background: Palliative care patients experience many debilitating symptoms and functional
loss, but few longitudinal studies on the subject are available. Aims: To assess the …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of patients requiring palliative care in outpatient
clinics and associated factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was …

Palliative care is a holistic, person-centred approach to care that improves quality of life for
the dying person, and those close to them. Palliative care should be available to everyone …

Aim and objectives The objective of this doctoral research thesis is to explore the factors and
needs associated with the development of a PC programme in the Palestinian HCS from …