Providing end of life care (EOLC) in emergency departments (EDs) is challenging because
of minimal resources, lack of staff education and outdated models of care. Dynamic, chaotic …

Background Increasing use of emergency departments among older patients with palliative
needs has led to the development of several service-level interventions intended to improve …

Background: Prior work shows that palliative homecare services reduce the subsequent
need for hospitalizations and emergency services; however, no study has investigated …

Hospice and palliative care has been recognized as an essential part of emergency
medicine; however, there is no consensus on the optimal model for the delivery of hospice …

Background: Approximately 25% of hospice disenrollments in the United States occur as the
result of hospitalization, which can lead to burdensome transitions and undesired care …

METHODS This was a retrospective study carried out over a one-year period in a tertiary ED.
All ED deaths in patients aged≥ 65 years over this period were included. Information on the …

Background: Patients with palliative care needs frequently attend the emergency department
(ED). There is no international agreement on which patients are best cared for in the ED …

In high-income countries a large proportion of all deaths occur in hospitals. A common way
to translate knowledge into clinical practice is developing guidelines for different levels of …

Context There are no previously published studies examining opioid doses administered to
opioid-tolerant cancer patients during emergency department (ED) encounters. Objectives …

Background: Seriously ill older adults in the emergency department (ED) may benefit from
palliative care referral, yet little is known about how to identify these patients. Objectives: To …