Although numerous studies have been conducted previously on the needs of cancer
patients at the end of their life, there is a lack of studies focused on older patients with non …

Background Oral health is crucial to the experience of well-being, and symptoms from the
mouth are common at the end of life. Palliative care aims to identify and treat symptoms early …

Background Acute hospital settings are generally not considered adequate places for end‐
of‐life care, but terminally ill patients will continue to die in acute medical wards in the …

Background: Despite the reported importance of rapport, there are knowledge gaps in the
ways rapport is developed and experienced by health professionals during telehealth calls …

Abstract Background The Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) is a model developed for
structured communication, identifying patients, and training physicians to use a structured …

Background Palliative care is aimed at improving the quality of life of an individual with
chronic noncommunicable disease and their care partners. Limitations in the provision of …

Background Palliative care requires major nursing interventions as well as medical
interventions; thus, both district nurses and doctors are vital to the palliative team. Sparsely …

Background/Objectives: Palliative care (PC) has been associated with reduced patient
symptom burden, improved physician satisfaction, and reduced cost of care. However, its …

Background: The public's view of palliative care often involves its potential to improve of
quality-of-life as well as its use as a last resource prior to death. Objective: To obtain an idea …

Abstract Aims and Objectives To analyse the dimensions of quality of palliative nursing care
and to explore the perceptions of professionals for the development and validation of the …