Background Pandemics and epidemics are public health emergencies that can result in
substantial deaths and socio-economic disruption. Nurses play a key role in the public …

The emergency department (ED) provides immediate access to medical care for patients
and families in times of need. Increasingly, older patients with serious illness seek care in …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer commonly visit the emergency department (ED)
during the last 3 months of life. Identification of these patients and their palliative care needs …

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

Context Although the importance of palliative care (PC) integration in the emergency
department (ED) has long been recognized, few formalized programs have been reported …

Introduction With an increase in the population living with terminal illness, many patients are
accessing EDs during the last days of their life. Yet EDs are often not well prepared to …

The need to improve access to palliative care across multiple settings and disease groups
has been identified. This requires equipping health care professionals from many different …

Background: A considerable proportion of deaths occur in the emergency department (ED),
and yet a palliative care approach is not well integrated. End-of-life patients often either …

Objectives People with dementia are more vulnerable to complications in urgent health
situations due to older age, increased comorbidity, higher dependency on others and …