Emergency department use contributes to high end-of-life costs and is potentially
burdensome for patients and family members. We examined emergency department use in …

CONTEXT: Palliative care focuses on the relief of pain and suffering and achieving the best
possible quality of life for patients. Although traditionally delivered in the inpatient setting …

Abstract Background: Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a newly designated subspecialty of
Emergency Medicine (EM). As yet, no well defined palliative care (PC) models for education …

Background: A large gap exists between the practice of emergency medicine and palliative
care. Although hospice and palliative medicine has recently been recognized as a …

Objectives A growing number of patients die each year in hospital emergency departments
(EDs). Decisions to withhold or to withdraw life-support therapies occur in 80% of patients as …

Background: Emergency Medicine (EM) is a resuscitative discipline where the major focus in
teaching and practice is to rapidly diagnose, stabilize, and initiate curative therapy. Thus, it …

Background: To provide optimal palliative care (PC) services in the acute setting of the
emergency department (ED), it may be beneficial for the consult team to delineate the most …

Recognizing that seriously ill patients and their families utilize emergency departments
(EDs) for distressing symptoms, changing goals of care, or at the end of life, palliative care …

Aim: This study aims to systematically review the qualitative research studying Emergency
Medicine (EM) physicians in Emergency Departments (ED). Background: Qualitative …

Abstract In 2006, the American Board of Emergency Medicine co‐sponsored hospice and
palliative medicine as a recognized medical subspecialty. There is recognition of the need …