Background: Building palliative care capacity among all healthcare practitioners caring for
patients with chronic illnesses, who do not work in specialist palliative care services (non …

Objective This study aimed to achieve consensus regarding what distinguishes specialist
from non-specialist palliative care to inform service organisation and delivery to patients with …

Background: Specialist palliative care services have various configurations of staff,
processes and interventions, which determine how care is delivered. Currently, there is no …

Background: the right for patients of all diagnoses to be in receipt of palliative care from an
early point in the diagnosis of a life-limiting condition is now enshrined in policy in a number …

Introduction Palliative care is critically important for the world's aging population and can
change illness trajectories and promote advances in health care technologies. As health …

Background: Healthcare providers working in hospitals are frequently exposed to patients
with palliative care needs. For most patients, these reflect non-specialist rather than …

Aim: This paper reports a concept analysis of palliative care in the United States.
Background: There has been a significant development of palliative care in the United …

The UK Palliative Medicine Syllabus is critically evaluated to assess its relationship and
relevance to contemporary palliative care policy and direction. Three criteria are employed …

Background Despite increased attention and knowledge in palliative care, there is still
confusion concerning how to interpret the concept of palliative care and implement it in …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to consider alternative approaches to service delivery for
patients with chronic life‐limiting illnesses other than cancer. It will also discuss the issues …