Low-and middle-income countries (LIMCs) have nearly 80% of the population who are in
need of palliative care services. However, the majority of them lack access to palliative care …

El objetivo de este trabajo consistió en identificar el papel del médico de familia en la
atención de pacientes y familias en el final de la vida, teniendo en cuenta el aumento en la …

Background Surgical futility is poorly defined. However, there are patients with extremely
high preoperative risk who still undergo surgery and ultimately die, suggesting futile care. To …

Background Significant barriers can block the provision of palliative care at the end of life in
the intensive care unit (ICU). However, the relationship between perceptions of ICU quality …

Background The need to provide quality end-of-life care is universally accepted.
International research and policies encourage innovative ways that effective culturally …

PURPOSE A culturally appropriate, patient-centered measure of the quality of dying and
death is needed to advance palliative care in Africa. We therefore evaluated the Quality of …

Aim: People diagnosed with cancer and in end-of-life care may have a range of needs.
These needs may be inadequately expressed, recognized, or responded to by family …

Palliative care and humanitarian action share fundamental goals to relieve suffering and
uphold dignity; and both hold an ethical root in the recognition of our common suffering in …

ABSTRACT Background: The New Zealand population is rapidly ageing and the need for
palliative care in New Zealand is increasing (Ministry of Health, 2017b). Pacific people in …