Background: Low awareness about palliative care among the global public and healthcare
communities has been frequently cited as a persistent barrier to palliative care acceptance …

Background Palliative care is recognised as a public health issue with the need for earlier
integration in the wider healthcare system. However, research indicates that it continues to …

Background The global burden of serious health-related suffering requiring palliative care
has been projected to grow significantly by 2060, which indicates the imminent need for …

Background: This study explores the distribution of public awareness, knowledge of
availability, and readiness for palliative care services, and the perceived reliability of …

Objective Acceptance of palliative care (PC) in the USA has increased in recent decades
with the growing number of recommendations for adoption from professional organisations …

Purpose Prejudices against palliative care are a potential barrier to quality end-of-life care.
There have been few large-scale community-wide interventions to distribute appropriate …

Objective WHO recommends early integration of palliative care alongside usual care to
improve quality of life, although misunderstanding of palliative care may impede this. We …

When speaking to public audiences, palliative care advocates often reach for personal
experiences of great meaning and significance in their own lives, and often distill those …

Objectives: With the rapidly aging population worldwide, the demand for palliative care is
increasing. Palliative care publicity and education must be further developed globally …

Background: Palliative care can alleviate symptom burden, reduce psychosocial distress,
and improve quality of life for patients suffering from serious or life-threatening illnesses …