Abstract Background The Emergency Department (ED) is not always the optimal place for
people with palliative care needs but is the most common route for treatment when urgent …

Background Improving palliative care management in acute hospital settings has been
identified as a priority internationally. The aim of this study was to establish the proportion of …

Background: Hospital-based palliative care consultative teams assist with decision-making,
symptom management, patient and family support, and discharge planning for those with …

Introduction Palliative care patients often present to the emergency department (ED) for
various reasons eg, acute illness, pain, altered mental status, and complications of therapy …

Background: Given the increasing emphasis on community-based provision of palliative
care and the view that good dying should occur at home, it is unsurprising that policy in …

Background: Given the context of ageing populations globally, there are a growing number
of patients with chronic conditions, some of whom are in the final stages of their disease …

Background: Emergency department–based palliative care services are increasing, but
research to develop these services rarely includes input from emergency clinicians …

Background: Palliative care has been identified as an area of low outpatient referral from our
emergency department, yet palliative care has been shown to improve the quality of patient's …

Objectives Although the role of the ED in the management of patients needing palliative care
is recognised internationally, there are little A ustralasian data on this issue. This study …

The primary aim of this prospective face-to-face interview survey was to identify the
proportion of inpatients at an acute hospital (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK) …