Objective: Our objective was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of
physicians and nurses on Palliative Care (PC) in Lebanon, across specialties. Method: We …

Context Central to appropriate palliative care management in hospital settings is ensuring
an adequately trained workforce. In order to achieve optimum palliative care delivery, it is …

Background Despite the evidence of palliative care benefits, referrals are infrequent and
delayed. Patients and their caregivers are essential stakeholders in the referral process with …

Background: With worldwide population ageing and the increasing prevalence of chronic
conditions, government policies promoting palliative care, and evidence of disparate or even …

The concept of modern palliative care has been disseminating slowly in Turkey and has
recently been included in the National Cancer Control Program. The aim of this study was to …

Parkinson's spectrum disorders (PSD) are neurodegenerative parkinsonian conditions that
carry a tremendous symptom burden. Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical specialty …

Providing quality palliative care is a daunting task profoundly impacted by diminished
patient capacity at the end of life. Alzheimer disease (AD) is a disorder that erases our …

Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) seldom discuss
preferences for future care/treatments with clinicians. The lack of discussions prevents the …

Introduction: The emergency department (ED) is a primary entry point of hospitals but does
not have a system to identify and consult palliative care (PC) early in patients who meet …

Therapeutic successes have encouraged clinicians to pursue heart failure treatment through
the end stages of disease. These very successes, however, have made the course of …