Objective: To identify barrier to achieving universal access to high quality palliative care in
Canada, review published national strategies and frameworks to promote palliative care …

Importance Parkinson disease and related disorders (PDRD) have consequences for quality
of life (QoL) and are the 14th leading cause of death in the United States. Despite growing …

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Background Studies have shown that telehealth applications in palliative care are feasible,
can improve quality of care, and reduce costs but few studies have focused on user …

This article presents a rapid review of the published literature and available resources for
educating Canadian physicians to provide palliative and end-of-life care. Several key …

ObjectiveThe purpose was to describe the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual
needs of patients with non-cancer serious illness diagnoses compared to those of patients …

Background: High rates of health care utilization at the end of life may be a marker of care
that does not align with patient-stated preferences. We sought to describe trends in end-of …

Introduction Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a
challenge in primary care and multiple barriers can limit implementation of COPD …

Objective This study aims to quantify medical care utilisation, and to describe the cost
trajectories of individuals with advanced illnesses in the last-year of life, differentiated by …

Objective The need for clinical staff to reliably identify patients with a shortened life
expectancy is an obstacle to improving palliative and end-of-life care. We developed and …