Background: Hospital-based specialist palliative care services are common, yet existing
evidence of inpatient generalist providers' perceptions of collaborating with hospital-based …

Mary Waldron, W George Kernohan, Felicity Hasson, Susan Foster, Barbara Cochrane,
Cathy Payne Aims: Allied health professionals (AHPs) have a key role in the delivery of …

This paper examines how palliative care nurses do criticism of other professionals in talk
within settings for care of the dying (two hospices and one general hospital). Strategies for …

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little
literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care. This book bridges that gap …

Intrathecal and epidural opioid analgesia represents a major advance in the management of
cancer pain, adding a new dimension to opioid therapy by allowing prolonged analgesia …

Context Assessment in palliative care settings should be focused, sensitive, specific, and
effective to minimize discomfort to vulnerable and often highly morbid patients. This report …

This chapter outlines the history, development, complexity, politics and contemporary issues
related to hospice education. It focuses on the diversity and creativity offered in such …

Despite the recognition of the importance of the palliative approach for older adults in
residential aged-care facilities, the provision of palliative care remains suboptimal …

The aim of the article is to highlight, through reflection, important aspects of caring for a
dying patient in an intensive care unit. A review of current literature surrounding the …

From its origins outside mainstream health care in the 'hospice movement', palliative care is
re-emerging as an integrated part of mainstream health care delivery (NCHSPCS 1996; …