Aim To describe how patients with COPD, heart failure, dementia and cancer differ in
frequency and timing of referral to palliative care services. Methods We performed a …

Background The long-term and often lifelong relationship of general practitioners (GPs) with
their patients is considered to make them the ideal initiators of advance care planning …

Background: It is necessary to understand behaviours that contribute to improvement in the
quality of end-of-life care; use of behavioural theories allows identification of factors …

Background: There is a growing recognition that a palliative care approach should be
initiated early and not just in the terminal phase for patients with life-limiting diseases. Family …

Background Many people who might benefit from specialist palliative care services are not
using them. Aim We examined the use of these services and the reasons for not using them …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of palliative home care support on the quality of care and
costs in the last 14 days of life. Design Matched cohort study using linked administrative …

Cross-national understanding of place of death is crucial for health service systems for their
provision of efficient and equal access to paediatric palliative care. The objectives of this …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer are leading causes of death with
comparable symptoms at the end of life. Cross-national comparisons of place of death, as an …

The early integration of specialist palliative care has been shown to benefit the quality of life
of patients with advanced cancer. In order to explore whether other seriously ill people and …

Background Children with serious illness suffer from symptoms at the end of life that often
fail to be relieved. An overview is required of healthcare interventions improving and …