Background: Asian healthcare professionals hold that patients' families play an essential
role in advance care planning. Aim: To systematically synthesize evidence regarding Asian …

Of the advances in medicine in the past half century, the development of hospice and the
integration of palliative medicine into health systems have been among the most impactful …

By 2030 more people in the United States will be older than age sixty-five than younger than
age five. Our health care system is unprepared for the complexity of caring for a …

Advance care planning originally focused on the completion of advance directives and tries
to address this need by preparing patients for decision-making …

Specialized palliative care teams improve outcomes for the steadily growing population of
people living with serious illness. However, few studies have examined whether the …

Most clinicians currently in practice did not receive the evidence‐based communication
skills training they need to provide high‐quality communication for seriously ill older adults …

Background: Patients with serious respiratory illness and their caregivers suffer
considerable burdens, and palliative care is a fundamental right for anyone who needs it …

Importance Early palliative care interventions drive high-value care but currently are
underused. Health care professionals face challenges in identifying patients who may …

Background: Investigators have tested interventions delivered by specialty palliative care
(SPC) clinicians, or by clinicians without palliative care specialization (primary palliative …

Family caregivers provide the vast majority of care for individuals with serious illness living
in the community but are not often viewed as full members of the healthcare team. Family …