The number of people in their last years of life with advanced chronic conditions, palliative
care needs, and limited life prognosis due to different causes including multi-morbidity, organ …

Background To deliver optimal palliative care, a Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC)
was developed. This CPPPC was implemented by general practitioners (GPs) in …

Background The implementation of early palliative care within a primary care setting is a
recent academic topic. Recruiting General Practitioners (GPs) to participate in a palliative care …

Background Starting with early identification of palliative care patients by general practitioners
(GPs), the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC) is believed to help primary …

Background: The Surprise Question (‘Would I be surprised if this patient died within 12
months?’) identifies patients in the last year of life. It is unclear if ‘surprised’ means the same for …

The aim of this exploratory survey was to provide an overview of physiotherapeutic and
occupational therapeutic techniques and outcome measures applied in practice within palliative …

We read with interest the article by Blum and Schönfeld [1]. Early introduction of palliative
care (EPC) in the management of patients with advanced lung cancer is recommended …

Background The Surprise Question (SQ) “would I be surprised if this patient were to die in
the next 12 months?” has been suggested to help clinicians, and especially General …

In recent research, Google Trends data has been identified as a potentially useful data source
to complement or even replace otherwise traditional data for predicting migration flows. …

Background For GPs to implement early palliative care, the first step is to identify patients
with palliative care needs. The surprise question (SQ) is a screening tool that aims to aid this …