Background Despite 50 years of modern palliative care (PC), a misunderstanding of its
purpose persists. The original message that PC is focused on total care, helping to live until …

Background Canadian palliative care (PC) philosophy seeks to support individuals in a
person-centered and sensitive manner. Unfortunately, philosophy does not necessarily …

ObjectiveWe aimed to elucidate the views on life as narrated by patients in palliative care
(PC) to find out what patients deem to be essential in their life, whether something has …

Background Palliative care is recognised as a public health issue with the need for earlier
integration in the wider healthcare system. However, research indicates that it continues to …

Background Despite increased attention and knowledge in palliative care, there is still
confusion concerning how to interpret the concept of palliative care and implement it in …

Background: Communication about palliative care is a complex task frequently delayed until
otherwise unavoidable. There is a need for discussion of palliative care to be viewed as a …

Objectives: Despite palliative care being standard for patients with chronic and/or life-limiting
conditions, a perceived lack of clarity regarding the definition and scope of palliative care …

Background The extension of palliative care services to meet the needs of patients with
chronic non-malignant life-limiting conditions faces misconceptions amongst healthcare …

Background: Despite evidence for early integration of palliative care for people with
advanced cancer and their families, patterns of late engagement continue. Prior research …

Background. While palliative care is still often viewed as care for the final stage of life
provided usually by specialist health care professionals, ideally, a palliative care approach …