In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in
Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language …

Dementia syndrome is common and expected to increase significantly among older people
and characterized by the loss of cognitive, psychological and physical functions. Palliative …

Background: The surprise question is widely used to identify patients nearing the last phase
of life. Potential differences in accuracy between timeframe, patient subgroups and type of …

Background: Despite increasing evidence of the benefits of early access to palliative care,
many patients do not receive palliative care in a timely manner. A systematic approach in …

Identifying determinants of medication non-adherence in patients with multimorbidity would
provide a step forward in developing patient-centered strategies to optimize their care …

Patients with heart failure have comparable illness burden and palliative care needs to
those with cancer. However, few of them are offered timely palliative care. One main barrier …

Objectives: Most patients with pancreatic cancer have high symptom burden and poor
outcomes. Palliative care (PC) can improve the quality of care through expert symptom …

Optimal involvement of palliative care (PC) services in the management of patients with
decompensated cirrhosis and end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) is limited. This may result …

Objective To develop a proposal for a 2-year mortality prognostic approach for patients with
advanced chronic conditions based on the palliative care need (PCN) items of the …

Purpose Early palliative care (EPC) has shown a positive impact on quality of life (QoL),
quality of care, and healthcare costs. We evaluated such effects in patients with advanced …