Background: International oncology societies recommend early palliative care. Specific
models to integrate early palliative care efficiently into clinical practice are debated. The …

Background Access to palliative care is often limited for challenging and vulnerable groups,
including persons with substance use disorders. However, with optimized healthcare …

Background: The value of early integration of palliative care has been demonstrated
increasingly for the past years in both oncological and nononcological diseases. Outpatient …

Anticipatory planning for end of life requires a common language for discussion among
patients, families, and professionals. Studies show that early Palliative Care (PC) …

Introduction Health professionals in oncologic and palliative care settings are often faced
with the problem that patients stop eating and drinking. While the causes of food refusal are …

Background:“To die with dignity” has reached the significance of a core value in democratic
societies. Based on this unconditional value, people require autonomy and care." Voluntary …

BACKGROUND Early integration of palliative care into oncology care has shown positive
effects on patient symptoms and quality of life. It may also reduce health care costs. However …

Die Integration der Palliative Care in die Behandlung von Patienteninnen und Patienten mit
chronisch fortschreitenden oder nicht heilbaren Erkrankung, kann bereits zu einem frühen …

On an acute urological ward, it is challenging to meet all needs of patients with life‐limiting
progressive cancer disease in complex situations. The focus shifts from curation to the …

Palliative care approaches the patient and his or her suffering with a biopsychosocial-
spiritual model. Thus, it is the strength of palliative care to complement the diagnosis driven …