consultations are initiated, consideration should be given to returning the patient to the referring specialist or the primary care physician for ongoing palliative care management when that’s deemed desirable by everyone involved. This model allows increased access to specialty palliative care consultation and reinforces delivery of primary palliative care by everyone caring for seriously ill ...

INTRODUCTION EMMS International and Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) implemented a pilot project, poverty reduction in India through palliative care (PRIPCare). A total of 129 interviews with patients and family enrolled in palliative care at three EHA hospitals (in Fatehpur, Lalitpur and Utraula) and staff discussions established that 66% of palliative care patients had lost livelihoods due...

INTRODUCTION Early palliative care is not a common practice for patients with COPD. Important barriers are the identification of patients for palliative care and the organization of such care in this patient group. OBJECTIVE Pulmonologists have a central role in providing good quality palliative care for patients with COPD. To guide future research and develop services, their view on palliati...

1 Chair in Palliative and Supportive Care and Director, Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia 2 Cancer Council WA Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 3. Program Manager, Palliative Care, WA Cancer and Pa...

BACKGROUND As a significant proportion of patients receiving palliative care suffer from states of anxiety, depression, delirium, or other mental symptoms, psychiatry and palliative care already collaborate closely in the palliative care of medical conditions. Despite this well-established involvement of psychiatrists in palliative care, psychiatry does not currently explicitly provide palliati...

BACKGROUND Specialist palliative care is being increasingly recognised and developed to improve end-of-life care in many developed countries. However, only a small proportion of the total number of patients with incurable, progressive diseases actually has direct contact with specialist palliative care practitioners. Using the German situation as an example, the main purpose of this paper is to...

A. Recognize that pain management is part of a broader therapeutic endeavor known as palliative care. Know that palliative care is defined as the active, total care of the patient with active, progressive, life threatening disease. Recognize that palliative care involves a variety of health care professionals. Know that palliative care provides a model for continuing management including contro...

Objective: Although many institutions in the United States have incorporated palliative care practices in their emergency departments, very little has occurred in Puerto Rico. Information regarding palliative care training of emergency medicine physicians in Puerto Rico is unclear and most physicians have poor or no access to palliative care services for their patients. This study explores the ...

BACKGROUND To care for terminally ill and dying patients requires a thorough medical education, encompassing skills, knowledge, and attitudes in the field of palliative care. Undergraduate medical students in Germany will receive mandatory teaching in palliative care in the near future driven by recent changes in the Medical Licensure Act. Before new curricula can be implemented, the knowledge ...

BACKGROUND Integrating palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) requires involvement of bedside nurses, who report inadequate education in palliative care. OBJECTIVE To implement and evaluate a palliative care professional development program for ICU bedside nurses. METHODS From May 2013 to January 2015, palliative care advanced practice nurses and nurse educators in 5 academic medi...