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Development of palliative care clinical practice guidelines and referral care pathways for primary care practitioners in Pakistan
BackgroundDespite a large burden of life-limitingillness, there exists a dearth of services of palliative care in Pakistan. International guidelines...
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Primary Palliative Care Education for Geriatricians: Lessons Learned
AbstractAs the population ages and the number of patients with multimorbidity increases, geriatricians will benefit from having strong primary...
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Implementing palliative care education into primary care practice: a qualitative case study of the CAPACITI pilot program
BackgroundCAPACITI is a virtual education program that teaches primary care teams how to provide an early palliative approach to care. After piloting...
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Primary palliative care recommendations for critical care clinicians
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care to optimize physical, psychosocial, and spiritual symptoms of patients and their families whose quality...
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Improving patients’, carers’ and primary care healthcare professionals’ experiences of discharge communication from specialist palliative care to community settings: a protocol for a qualitative interview study
BackgroundPatients who have benefited from specialist intervention during periods of acute/complex palliative care needs often transition from...
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A survey of palliative care domains and the palliative care provision confidence of Thai family practitioners
IntroductionDespite continuously growing, palliative care in Thailand still needs further development. Many family physicians provide various levels...
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Increasing palliative care capacity in primary care: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the CAPACITI training program
BackgroundPrimary care providers play a critical role in providing early palliative care to their patients. Despite the availability of clinical...
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Explaining health care providers’ perceptions about the integration of palliative care with primary health care; a qualitative study
BackgroundEasy access to palliative care is one of the basic needs of cancer patients, and this can be achieved by providing such services at the...
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Impact of a machine learning algorithm on time to palliative care in a primary care population: protocol for a stepped-wedge pragmatic randomized trial
BackgroundAs primary care populations age, timely identification of palliative care need is becoming increasingly relevant. Previous studies have...
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A comparison of opioid dose between home palliative care and hospital palliative care
ObjectiveWhile opioids are a key part of palliative care, few studies have evaluated opioid demand in the home care context. This study aims to...
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Formal Training in Palliative Care for the Trauma Surgeon: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Purpose of ReviewWe aim to review the impact of palliative care on patient outcomes, share an overview of the evolution of palliative care in trauma...
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Culturally Centered Palliative Care: A Framework for Equitable Neurocritical Care
Health disparities continue to plague racial and ethnic underserved patients in the United States. Disparities extend to the most critically ill...
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Recommendations on palliative care aspects in intensive care medicine
BackgroundThe timely integration of palliative care is important for patients suffering from various advanced diseases with limited prognosis. While...
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Continuous palliative sedation until death: a qualitative study of palliative care clinicians’ experiences
BackgroundThe practice of continuous palliative sedation until death is the subject of much medical and ethical debate, which is reflected in the...
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Understanding caregiver burden and quality of life in Kerala’s primary palliative care program: a mixed methods study from caregivers and providers’ perspectives
BackgroundFamily caregivers are vital for long-term care for persons with serious health-related suffering in Kerala. Long-term caregiving and ageing...
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Palliative care for in-patient malignant glioma patients in Germany
ObjectiveMalignant gliomas impose a significant symptomatic burden on patients and their families. Current guidelines recommend palliative care for...
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Accessibility to palliative care services in Colombia: an analysis of geographic disparities
ObjectivesDue to the increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and the Colombian demographic transition, the necessity of palliative...
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Palliative Care Needs of Patients with Musculoskeletal Malignancies
Purpose of ReviewThis review aims to assess the literature regarding current treatment options for the palliative care of patients with advanced...
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How can technology be used to support communication in palliative care beyond the covid-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods national survey of palliative care healthcare professionals
BackgroundDevelopments in digital health have the potential to create new opportunities for healthcare professionals support delivery of palliative...
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Current Situation of Palliative Care Services Within Hepatology
Purpose of reviewWe attempt to describe the current situation of palliative care in hepatology.
Recent findingsPalliative care aims to alleviate...