Background: Primary care has the potential to play significant roles in providing effective
palliative care for non-cancer patients. Aim: To identify, critically appraise and synthesise the …

While effective general practitioner (GP)–patient communication is required for the provision
of good palliative care, barriers and facilitators for this communication are largely unknown …

Objectives To understand the perspectives of people with severe chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) as their illness progresses, and of their informal and …

Objectives To examine the care experiences of South Asian Sikh and Muslim patients in
Scotland with life limiting illness and their families and to understand the reasons for any …

Objectives: To review current understanding of the knowledge and information needs of
informal caregivers in palliative settings. Data sources: Seven electronic databases were …

There is a lack of evidence on how best to meet policy guidance in fulfilling the information
needs of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and their families. We aimed to generate …

Title. Assessing palliative care needs: views of patients, informal carers and healthcare
professionals Aim. This paper reports a study to assess the palliative care needs of the adult …

Background New out-of-hours healthcare services in the UK are intended to offer simple,
convenient access and effective triage. They may be unsatisfactory for patients with complex …

Comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation is an important component in the clinical
management of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review is to construct a detailed account of the role of the
district nurse (generalist registered nurse providing nursing care in primarily home settings) …