Objective To evaluate an intervention aimed at building capacity to deliver palliative care in
primary care settings. Design The INTEGRATE Project was a 3-year pilot project involving …

Background: Evidence supporting early palliative care is based on trials of specialised
palliative care, but a more sustainable model might involve mainly primary providers. Aim …

Objective: Primary care providers play an important role in providing early palliative care,
however they often lack practical supports to operationalize this approach in practice …

Palliative care provided to patients with chronic life-limiting illnesses shows improvement in
symptom management, quality of life, and caregiver support while reducing cost of care …

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 …

Primary care physicians (PCPs) play a crucial role in facilitating access to community
palliative care for terminally ill patients. Access to coordinated palliative care has the ability …

Background: To provide truly patient-centered palliative care services, there is a need to
better understand the perspectives and experiences of patients and families. Increased …

Background Early introduction of palliative care can improve patient-centered outcomes for
older adults with complex medical conditions. However, identifying the need for and …

Background: There is a growing recognition that a palliative care approach should be
initiated early and not just in the terminal phase for patients with life-limiting diseases. Family …

Abstract Background: The Institute of Medicine recommends people with serious advanced
illness have access to skilled palliative care. However, the predominant delivery model of …