Curriculum innovation seeks to address identified gap in medical education by introducing key End-of-life (EoL) and Goals-of-Care (GoC) concepts early with a three- part [...]

With advancing medical technology, the average human lifespan is increasing, along with the incidence of chronic illness. The World Health Organization suggests that by 2 [...]

During my internship, I worked with Vynca to make Advance Care Planning systems and resources more accessible to patients. Vynca aimed to integrate their resources direct [...]

This quality improvement project utilized a survey to identify barriers to palliative care integration in heart failure management in the cardiovascular intensive care un [...]

There may not be enough hospice and palliative care specialized Registered Nurses (RNs) to care for the Baby Boomer generation as they age.. The Bureau of Labor Statist [...]

Palliative care (PC) is an interdisciplinary specialty focused on symptom relief and quality of life (QOL) for people and families living with serious illnesses from diag [...]

Reflecting the postcolonial theoretical framework of the overall study, the dissertation results re-characterize the existing research literature on this topic and provid [...]

Primary palliative care discussions involving advanced care planning (ACP) and goals of care (GOC) are considered important by both physicians and patients, but these dis [...]

There are numerous benefits of early inclusion of palliative care (PC) in patients with advanced cancer. Though many organizations support the integration of early PC alo [...]