STUDY OBJECTIVE: Although the focus of emergency care is on the diagnosis and
treatment of acute illnesses and injuries or the stabilization of patients for ongoing treatment …

CONTEXT: Palliative care focuses on the relief of pain and suffering and achieving the best
possible quality of life for patients. Although traditionally delivered in the inpatient setting …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify hospital-level factors from the administrative perspective
that affect the availability and delivery of palliative care services in the emergency …

Background: There is increasing interest in moving palliative care (PC) upstream to the
emergency department (ED). However, barriers to PC provision in ED exist and are not yet …

Background Emergency department (ED) providers commonly care for seriously ill patients
who suffer from advanced, chronic, life-limiting illnesses in addition to those that are acutely …

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 …

This study describes emergency physicians' perspectives on the challenges and benefits to
providing palliative care in an academic, urban, public hospital in Los Angeles. Participants …

CONTEXT: Despite increased focus on improving palliative care in the emergency
department (ED), there is little research on how to best address the specific needs of this …

Background: Large gaps in the delivery of palliative care services exist in the outpatient
setting, where there is a failure to address goals of care and to plan for and treat predictable …

Background Little is known about the optimal use of shared decision making (SDM) to guide
palliative and end‐of‐life decisions in the emergency department (ED). Objective The …