Introduction Process mapping (PM) supports better understanding of complex systems and
adaptation of improvement interventions to their local context. However, there is little …

Background Patients with cancer commonly experience pain and suffering at the end of life
days. Community-based palliative care can improve the quality of life of terminally-ill cancer …

Introduction: With growing evidence of compassion fatigue and burnout in health care, it is
time for a deeper look at the vital practice of self-care among professionals providing …

: Palliative care is one of the most basic care approaches for providing care to patients with
life-threatening illnesses. Applying theories in palliative care provision results in such cares' …

Context Palliative care (PC) model delivered by two large hospices and PC providers.
Objectives To understand study participants' knowledge of PC and acceptability of a new …

Background: Providing palliative care (PC) is increasing by the increase in the number of
people with life-threatening diseases and determined the benefits of these services in the …

Background: Developing palliative care (PC) programs in rural settings is challenging due to
limitations on training, staff, resources, and reimbursement. Employing established …

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is fundamental to guiding medical care at the
end of life. Understanding the economic impact of ACP is critical to implementation, but most …

Objectives Early identification of palliative care (PC) needs is crucial to provide appropriate
holistic care to patients. The objective of this integrative review is to synthesize the methods …

Background: Information routinely collected during a palliative care consultation request
may help predict the level of complexity of that patient encounter. Objectives: We examined …