Background: In most developed countries, acute hospitals play a significant role in palliative
care provision and are the setting in which most people die. They are often the setting where …

Background: The research conducted in palliative care is often medically oriented. There are
few studies clarifying the patient's preferences, priorities and desires in palliative care. The …

Background There is limited understanding of the 'lived experience'of palliative care patient
within the acute care setting. Failing to engage with and understand the views of patients …

Objective: Optimal communication is essential in ensuring that the palliative care needs of
patients are met. This continues to be an area of concern for healthcare providers. The goal …

Background: Since the medical specialty of palliative medicine was recognized in 1988, the
role of hospital specialist palliative care services has been developing, extending to patients …

Objective: The objective of this study was to enhance the depth of existing knowledge about
meanings and experiential outcomes of bodily care in the context of an inpatient specialist …

Facilitating moral insight in end of life care can be challenging, and the purpose of this paper
is to illustrate how this can be nurtured by means of creative literature. Tolstoy's Death of …

É cada vez mais consensual que a singularidade da pessoa dita necessidades em
cuidados de enfermagem, as quais exigem respostas diferenciadas e complexas. Perante …

A descriptive qualitative approach was used to develop a cultural definition of quality of care
in clinical settings, and understand the phenomena of quality of care from Jordanian …

This study explored the lived experiences of advanced practice registered nurses caring for
dying patients in the acute care hospital setting and how they perceive their role in the …