Palliative care aims to improve quality of life for people with serious illness and their families.
One potential barrier to palliative care uptake is inaccurate knowledge and/or negative …

Background: Palliative care program service delivery is variable, and programs often lack
data to support and guide program development and growth. Objective: To review the …

Objective: While previous work documented a substantial increase in patient mortality
consultations and workload for palliative teams, little is known about how these team …

Background: Although palliative medicine (PM) is more commonly being integrated into the
intensive care unit (ICU), research on racial disparities in this area is lacking. Our objectives …

Accessible and instructive, ÂPalliative CareÂguides and inspires health social workers to
incorporate palliative care principles into their current clinical practice. Through the lenses of …

Context Although many patients with critical illness may benefit from involvement of
palliative care specialists, adoption of these services in the intensive care unit (ICU) is …

As the shift to value‐based payment accelerates, hospitals are under increasing pressure to
deliver high‐quality, efficient services. Palliative care approaches improve quality of life and …

Background: Early specialty palliative care (SPC) involvement in geriatric trauma care
improves outcomes, quality of life and healthcare utilization. However, SPC usage is …

Context Hospice utilization is an end-of-life quality indicator. The Deep South has known
disparities in palliative care that may affect hospice utilization. Objectives The objective of …

Recognizing and addressing spiritual needs has long been identified as a key component of
palliative care (PC). More often than not, the provision of spiritual care involves referral to a …