Background The provision of high-quality palliative care is important to nursing practice.
However, caring for palliative care patients and their families is challenging within a complex …

Background Caring for individuals and their families with a life-limiting, symptomatic illness
and those who are dying has long been an integral role of palliative care nurses. Yet, over …

Background: Nurses are the largest regulated group of healthcare professionals involved in
palliative care. In 2004, a taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) …

Background Since the mid 80'ies, the western palliative care philosophy has influenced the
development of palliative care in mainland China. However, it has caused several …

Death is an inevitable aspect of human existence, and its implications reverberate across
various domains, including healthcare. Within the nursing profession, understanding and …

Background Efforts to tackle socioeconomic inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life
care require comprehensive understanding about the extent of and reasons for inequities …

Background: Due to aging populations and prolonged dying trajectories in many high-
income countries including Sweden, more people will need extended periods of care and …

Background: Recent international documents have highlighted the importance of preparing
the nursing workforce for end of life care. However, these documents do not make clear what …

Medicalisation of hospice care has been discussed simultaneously with the development of
palliative care into a medical speciality. However empirical knowledge of the role of …

Background: Palliative care is subject to substantial variations in care, which may be shaped
through adapting the organisational structures through which care is provided. Whilst the …