Background: The surprise question is widely used to identify patients nearing the last phase
of life. Potential differences in accuracy between timeframe, patient subgroups and type of …

Patients with heart failure have comparable illness burden and palliative care needs to
those with cancer. However, few of them are offered timely palliative care. One main barrier …

Abstract Background The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators tool (SPICT) supports
the identification of patients with potential palliative care (PC) needs. An Austrian-German …

Background Early start of palliative care improves the quality of life of eligible patients and
their relatives. However, in hospital, patients who could benefit from palliative care are often …

Background An increasing number of older patients are hospitalised. Prognostic uncertainty
causes hospital doctors to be reluctant to make the switch from cure to care. The Supportive …

Background: Patients with glioblastoma have a poor prognosis and treatment is palliative in
nature from diagnosis. It is therefore critical that the benefits and burdens of treatments are …

Background Early identification of patients who require palliative and supportive care at the
general palliative care level is challenging. The Supportive & Palliative Care Indicators Tool …

Background Difficulties in identifying patients at risk of clinical deterioration or death
represent one of the main barriers to Palliative Care (PC) development in the community …

Abstract Background In Indonesia, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are a contributing
factor to mortality with most cases involving heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and …

Background: Identifying patients who require palliative care approach is challenging for
family physicians, even though several identification tools have been developed for this …