Access to palliative care is insufficient in many countries around the world. In an effort to improve access to palliative care services and treatments, a public health approach as suggested by the World Health Organization ...

Abstract Context. Palliative radiotherapy is effective in the management of symptoms resulting from advanced cancer. However, it remains underutilized. In developed countries, many factors have been linked to this phenomenon ...

Objective: The purpose of our systematic review was to determine whether the introduction of palliative care (PC) teams reduces length of stay and/ or mortality for terminally ill patients (TIPs) in an intensive care unit ...

The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate existing knowledge and the use of communication strategies in emotional care for patients receiving palliative care in Brazil. It was performed from August, 2008, to ...

The objective of this study is to verify the relevance and utilization of communication strategies in palliative care. This is a multicenter qualitative study using a questionnaire, performed from August of 2008 to July ...

Euthanasia is a subject of permanent discussion everywhere, mainly about its ethical appropriateness and about its legalization in different countries. This debate includes many ethical, legal, social, political, spiritual, ...

Purpose of review The experience of a life crisis, such as the experience of end-of-life terminality whenever facing cancer can make the spiritual needs of patients clear. The goal of this revision was to synthesize the ...

Introduction: Palliative care provides relief from symptoms and a better quality of life for users and their families, from the perspective of multidisciplinary care. Thus, due to the complexity in the context of child and ...

El presente artículo de revisión aborda el concepto, características, pasos para la integración al sistema de salud y epidemiología de los cuidados paliativos. Asimismo, se discuten los avances y las investigaciones ...