Background: The need for palliative care is growing internationally with an increasing
prevalence of non-malignant diseases. The integrated care pathway was implemented in …

OBJECTIVES: Pediatric palliative care has seen the adoption of several service provision
models, yet there is minimal literature describing them. Canuck Place Children's Hospice …

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Aim To explore awareness of impending death for very old persons in long‐term care
facilities. Background The trajectories of decline that are associated with chronic progressive …

Background Recognising patients who will die in the near future is important for adequate
planning and provision of end-of-life care. GPs can play a key role in this. Aim To explore the …

Background Understanding determinants of place of death is important for public health
policy aimed at improving the quality of end-of-life care. This study examines whether place …

Background: This retrospective study analyzed sudden functional decline using the
Palliative Performance Scale (PPSv2) for patients recently admitted to a palliative care unit …

Background Recent research shows that the prevalence of patients with very severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic renal …

The decisions about whether and when to initiate dialysis can be difficult and imprecise and
are traditionally guided by criteria, such as renal function (measured by glomerular filtration …

Background In the last few decades, research and clinical care have attempted to identify
and meet the palliative care needs, concerns and challenges of patients of all ages with …