Background Many of the world's population live in rural areas. However, access and
dissemination of the advances taking place in the field of palliative care to patients living in …

Background: The notion of a community hospital in England is evolving from the traditional
model of a local hospital staffed by general practitioners and nurses and serving mainly rural …

Objective: Our aim was to explore the presence of symptoms, symptom relief, and other key
aspects of palliative care during the final week of life among older people residing in nursing …

Nursing homes are a setting in which death and dying is common. How death and dying is
articulated and the actions that take place in a nursing home constitute a discourse that …

Background: There is no single definition of a community hospital in the UK, despite its long
history. We sought to understand the nature and scope of service provision in community …

CONTEXT: At the end of life, some personalized and specialized care is required. The way
that general practitioner (GP) visits and palliative care services at the end of life are …

Background Adults increasingly live and die with chronic progressive conditions into
advanced age. Many live with multimorbidity and an uncertain illness trajectory with points of …

Background Although attention to healthcare ethics in rural areas has increased, specific
focus on rural palliative care is still largely under-studied and under-theorized. The purpose …

The aim of this study was to investigate first-line nursing home managers' views on their
leadership and related to that, palliative care. Previous research reveals insufficient …

Introduction The provision of palliative end-of-life care (P/EOLc) for patients, wherever they
live, is an increasingly important service, particularly given the increasing rates of cancer …