Background: Today's health systems require the collaboration of diverse staff such as
physicians, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals. In addition to …

Background Globally, the need for palliative care will increase as a result of the ageing of
populations and the rising burden of cancer, non-communicable diseases as well as some …

Background: Nurses must possess adequate competencies to provide high-quality palliative
care. Earlier statements have described certain competencies that are relevant for palliative …

Background A minority of European countries have compulsory training in palliative care
within all medical schools. The aim of the study was to examine palliative care education in …

Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksen päätarkoituksena oli kuvata sairaanhoitajan osaamista palliatiivisen
hoidon eri tasoilla ja selvittää sairaanhoitajaopiskelijoiden näkemyksiä palliatiivisen …

Anniina Tohmola, PhD, Arja Suikkala, PhD, Juho Lehto, MD, Minna Hökkä, PhD Aim: To
describe the competence needs in palliative care in the next ten years. Data and methods …

Introduction The message of palliative care can be promoted using creative thinking and
gamification. It can be an innovative strategy to promote changes in behaviour, promote …

Background Advance care planning is a way of facilitating conversations with patients about
future health care, values, and preferences at end of life. Nursing home physicians have the …

Background: Palliative care demands in the United States are growing amid a comparatively
small workforce of palliative care clinicians and researchers. Therefore, determining …

Abstract The American Therapeutic Recreation Association's (ATRA) Competencies Study
was the final phase of a two-part, multi-year study to better understand the competencies of …