251 Communicating End of Life Care Decisions in an Acute Hospital

Palliative care and end-of-life decisions.

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Improving confidence and competence of healthcare professionals in end-of-life care: an evaluation of the ‘Transforming End of Life Care’ course at an acute hospital trust

BACKGROUND UK policymakers, clinicians and public wish to see improvements in end-of-life care (EoLC). However, healthcare professionals' skills and knowledge to deliver high-quality care are often lacking. Since May 2012, palliative care staff in an inner-city tertiary hospital have run a 2-day Transforming End of Life Care (TEoLC) course to improve EoLC confidence, and competence among hospit...

End-of-life hospital care for cancer patients: an update.

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada, and the number of new cases is expected to increase as the population ages and grows. This study examined the use of hospital services in the last month of life by adult cancer patients who died in Canadian acute care hospitals in fiscal year 2012-2013. Almost 25,000 Canadian cancer patients - excluding those in Quebec - died in acute care hospita...

The importance of perspective in end-of-life care decisions.

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End of Life-Decisions: An Islamic Perspective