The mission of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association includes
increasing access to high-quality, evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes such …

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 …

The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000
people. The increasing number and costs of these complex patients make present health …

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) documents patient wishes and increases
awareness of palliative care options. Objective: To study the association of outpatient ACP …

Background: The benefits of palliative care programs are well documented. However, the
effectiveness of specialist palliative care services is not well established. The previous lack …

Background Spending time at home and dying at home is advocated to be a desirable
outcome in palliative care (PC). In Norway, home deaths among cancer patients are rare …

Objective To examine the views and experiences of patients and their health care providers
on developing advance care planning (ACP) and advance care directives (ACD); and …

Hospitals have played a leading role in providing palliative care in Taiwan as its care model
has developed over the past few decades. However, earlier local studies in Taiwan showed …

Background Advance care planning can help provide optimal medical care according to a
patient's wishes as a part of patient-centered discussions on end-of-life care. This can …

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic progressive illness associated with physical and
psychological burdens, high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare utilization. Palliative care is …