Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

Objective. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the perceived factors hindering or
facilitating GPs in engaging in advance care planning (ACP) with their patients about care at …

Context If access to effective palliative care is to extend beyond cancer patients, an
understanding of the comparative prevalence of palliative care problems among cancer and non-…

Objectives : Exploring terminal patients' perceptions of GPs' role in delivering continuous
end-of-life care and identifying barriers to this. Design : Qualitative interview study with patients (…

Background Empirical data about end-of-life decision-making practices are scarce. We aimed
to investigate frequency and characteristics of end-of-life decision-making practices in six …

Background Cancer end-of-life care (EoLC) policies assume people want to die at home. We
aimed to examine variations in preferences for place of death cross-nationally. Methods A …

Background The benefit of early integration of palliative care into oncological care is suggested
to be due to increased psychosocial support. In Belgium, psychosocial care is part of …

Background Our study is a repeat of the Dutch death-certificate study on end-of-life decisions
(ELDs). The main objective was to estimate the frequency of euthanasia (the administration …

The aging of the European population will lead to a rapid increase in dementia cases in the
coming decades, posing challenges for the organization and provision of end‐of‐life care. …

Background Antibiotics are widely-used medicines for which a more prudent use has been
advocated to minimize development of resistance. There are considerable cross-national …