Community-based palliative care (CBPC) serves seriously ill individuals by integrating care
for symptom and stress relief with local health care systems. This review provides the first …

Background: Almost half the world's population lives in rural areas. How best to provide
palliative care to rural populations is unclear. Privileging rural patient and family voices …

Achieving equal access to healthcare is an essential goal of the Sustainable Development
Goals and a key criterion for building healthy communities. In this study, we examine the …

Background As the population ages, more people will be diagnosed with cancer, and they
will live longer due to receiving better treatment and optimized palliative care. Family …

This article examines the role of social workers involved in a pilot home care project
undertaken to attend to the social needs of people at the end of their lives and their carers …

Objective To evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of a small community‐based
hospice on the end‐of‐life experiences of patients and families. Methods Mixed‐methods …

Background: Young persons with advanced life-limiting illness living at home have
fluctuating and complex needs. Community paediatric palliative care (PPC) is still …

Objective To analyze the nature and types of community palliative and end-of-life care
(PEoLC) services in Hong Kong in order to inform future service development. Methods This …

Background: As the population ages, more people will be diagnosed with cancer, and they
will live longer due to receiving better treatment and optimized palliative care. Family …

This chapter presents a synopsis of the study undertaken and provides concluding points
from the findings as guided by the phenomenological thinking of Gadamer. A thorough …