To describe symptom prevalence, frequency, and severity among hospice patients, from the
perspective of hospice providers, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 16 …

Background: We assessed cross-sectional validity of EQ-5D after myocardial infarction (MI).
Methods: We compared EQ-5D, SF-36, quality of life After MI (QLMI), and Canadian …

Background: Interprofessional health care team members consider advance care planning (ACP)
to be important, yet gaps remain in systematic clinical routines to support ACP. A …

Objectives: To describe outcomes and characteristics of patients discharged alive from
hospice. Design: Prospective cohort study using a telephone survey. Setting: Hospices (n=18) …

Purpose: The need for all providers to deliver basic palliative care has emerged as patients'
needs outstrip the capacity of specialty palliative care. Many patients with complex illnesses …

Aim To identify factors associated with completion of Advance Care Planning (ACP) by patients
seen in primary care in developed countries. We hypothesized that the quality of primary …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial
and spiritual issues among patients receiving hospice care.Methods: A questionnaire …

Background: Confusion is common among ill patients and has broad consequences for
their care and well-being. The prevalence of confusion in hospice patients is unknown. …

This scenario is becoming less common in primary care practice because the most common
place of death (in nearly 80 percent of cases) in the United States has changed from the …

Introduction: Primary care practices are essential settings for Advance Care Planning (ACP)
conversations with patients. We hypothesized that such conversations occur more routinely …