Purpose To explore factors associated with emergency department (ED) attendance by
patients with cancer in their last month of life. Methods Five electronic databases (MEDLINE …

Policy Points We identified two overarching classifications of integrated geriatric and
palliative care to maximize older people's quality of life at the end of life. Both are oriented to …

Background: Advance care planning is important for people with advanced cancer. Family
involvement in advance care planning may be instrumental to achieving goal-concordant …

Background understanding how best to provide palliative care for frail older people with non-
malignant conditions is an international priority. We aimed to develop a community-based …

This study aims to identify the symptoms, concerns, and care priorities of children with life-
limiting conditions and their families. A semi-structured qualitative interview study was …

Background High symptom burden is common in long-term care residents with dementia
and results in distress and behavioral challenges if undetected. Physicians may have limited …

Objective To explore the decisions of people with advanced cancer and their caregivers to
seek emergency department (ED) care, and understand the issues that influence the …

Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have symptoms and concerns which are
inadequately addressed. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can potentially …

Background: Palliative care needs of patients with chronic heart failure are poorly
recognised. Policy makers advise a patient-centred approach to holistically assess patients' …

Importance Improving the quality of cancer care is an international priority. Population-based
quality indicators (QIs) are key to this process yet remain almost exclusively used for …