BACKGROUND In the international debate about assisted dying, it is commonly stated that euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care. In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, the Federation for Palliative Care Flanders has endorsed the viewpoint that euthanasia can be embedded in palliative care. AIM To examine the involvement of palliative care services in euthanasia practice i...

CONTEXT Over the history of palliative care provision in Ireland, services have predominantly provided care to those with cancer. Previous estimates of palliative care need focused primarily on specialist palliative care and included only a limited number of nonmalignant diseases. OBJECTIVES The primary aim of this study was to estimate the potential population with generalist and/or speciali...

The International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) held its first international conference on children's palliative care, in conjunction with Tata Memorial Centre, in Mumbai, India, from 10-12 February 2014. The theme of the conference, Transforming children's palliative care-from ideas to action, reflected the vision of the ICPCN to live in a world where every child who needs it, can...

Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life and relieving suffering in patients with progressive chronic illnesses. Palliative care services remain very limited in the Eastern Mediterranean region although the need for them is high and increasing. The World Health Organization has identified the development of palliative care as a regional priority. This review highlights the urgen...

Background: Delirium is prevalent in palliative care inpatient settings and management is often challenging. Despite nurses’ integral patient care role, little is known about palliative care nurses’ capacity to recognise, assess and respond to patients’ delirium symptoms. Objective: To explore the experiences, views and practices of inpatient palliative care nurses in delirium recognition and a...

BACKGROUND Current evidence suggests that palliative care education can improve preregistration nursing students' competencies in palliative care. However, it is not known whether these competencies are translated into students' practice in the care of patients who are approaching the end of life. This paper seeks to contribute to the palliative care evidence base by examining how nursing stude...

わが国の緩和ケアは，がんを中心に発展してきたが，緩和ケアの対象は全ての重い病であり，がん以外の疾患に対する緩和ケアの体制整備が急務である。特に高齢者における緩和ケアを考える上で重要なキーワードが，フレイル（frailty），進行性疾患の多疾患併存（advanced multimorbidity），不確実性（uncertainty）である。このようなフレイルで多疾患併存の状態の患者に緩和ケアを実践するには，高齢者総合評価に加えて，詳細な緩和ケアのアセスメントを行い，前記した不確実性（uncertainty）があることを前提に予防的に関わる必要がある。

BACKGROUND Much of what we understand about the design of healthcare systems to support care of the dying comes from our experiences with providing palliative care for dying cancer patients. It is increasingly recognized that in addition to cancer, high quality end of life care should be an integral part of care that is provided for those with other advancing chronic life-limiting conditions. A...

OBJECTIVE To explore how transitions to a palliative care approach are perceived to be managed in acute hospital settings in England. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING Secondary or primary care settings in two contrasting areas of England. PARTICIPANTS 58 health professionals involved in the provision of palliative care in secondary or primary care. RESULTS Participants identified that ...