Nurses need a range of skill and competencies to provide high-quality palliative and end-of-life care in different healthcare settings AbstractBecker, R. (2009) Palliative care 2: exploring the skills ...

NHS Wales nurses delivering palliative care are to receive improved training plus better people support and end of life communication skills. The “Delivering End of Life Care” plan sets out to improve ...

Over the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer treatment, oncology and palliative care across chronic and life-limiting illnesses, however, a shortage of cancer and palliative care ...

A lack of end-of-life training may leave certified nurse assistants unprepared to work with patients receiving palliative or hospice care, but nursing homes must do more to cross-train and build their ...

Bortezomib Added to R-CVP Is Safe and Effective for Previously Untreated Advanced-Stage Follicular Lymphoma: A Phase II Study by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group ...

Although early palliative care may not increase quality of life short term, it can help with coping skills in patients with advanced cancers. Opting for early palliative care after receiving a ...

A new study has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information about the patient's disease and its ...

This study compares a robust, culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program to usual hospital care to determine whether a culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program leads to lower ...

Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth ...

A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not ...