Background Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life for people with life-limiting
illnesses. Advance care planning conversations that establish a patient's wishes and …

Background Resources for healthcare professionals, patients and those important to them
relating to planning and coordinating treatment and care at the end of life are abundant, and …

Background Emergency care treatment plans provide recommendations about treatment,
including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to be considered in emergency medical situations …

Aims: The purpose of this review was the aggregation of empirical literature, qualitative,
quantitative and mixed methods, on healthcare professionals' experiences in end-of-life care …

Background: Unscheduled care is used increasingly during the last year of life by people
known to have significant palliative care needs. Aim: To document the frequency and …

Background: Palliative care has the potential to address significant unmet needs in people
with Parkinson's disease and related disorders, but models that rely on in-person specialty …

Aim To describe healthcare professionals' accessibility and transfer of patients' and family
members' end‐of‐life wishes in ACP to the palliative care unit. Design The study used a …

Background Transmural palliative care interventions aim to identify older persons with
palliative care needs and timely provide advance care planning, symptom management …

This chapter examines caregiving similarities and tensions between families and friends1
supporting someone who uses substances2 and has palliative care3 needs and health and …

Background: Electronic palliative care coordination systems (EPaCCS) can provide a
solution to support paramedic staff. It is important to understand what needs to be in place to …