Context Palliative care access is fundamental to the highest attainable standard of health
and a core component of universal health coverage. Forging universal palliative care access …

Best-practice models of dementia care have evolved from strategies focused on family
caregivers to guidelines predicated on supporting the patient-caregiver dyad along the care …

Background: Changes in health care and an ageing population have meant that more
people are dying in the acute hospital setting. While palliative care principles have resulted …

In 2000, the City of Hope Medical Center and the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing (AACN) developed the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)-Core …

Purpose/Objectives: To assess end-of-life (EOL) care core competencies deemed most
important with corresponding educational needs from oncology nurses and to describe the …

Background Integrating palliative care into intensive care requires active involvement of
bedside nurses in discussions of patients' prognosis and goals of care. Objective To improve …

This educational study examined the effects of a multidimensional end-of-life (EOL) learning
bundle on student attitudes toward care of the dying person as measured using the …

Background: Competency in end-of-life (EOL) care is a growing expectation for health
professions students. This study assessed the impact of four EOL care scenarios, using high …

Abstract Purpose/Objectives: To identify what nurses want to know most about death
education and to obtain baseline data to improve nurses' training and education. Design: A …

Objective: Little is known regarding the perceptions of parents about end-of-life care for their
children. This study describes parental perceptions of the care of hospitalized, terminally ill …