Primary-level palliative care national capacity: Pallium Canada

Paediatric palliative care in Canada: A national survey of paediatricians.

A generative response to palliative service capacity in Canada.

PURPOSE This paper situates a large-scale learning and service development capacity-building initiative for hospice palliative care services within the current Canadian policy context for use by international readers. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH In 2000 a national initiative using action research as its design was crafted to support continuing professional development and knowledge management...

Promoting palliative care in the community: production of the primary palliative care toolkit by the European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce in primary palliative care.

BACKGROUND A multidisciplinary European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce was established to scope the extent of and learn what facilitates and hinders the development of palliative care in the community across Europe. AIM To document the barriers and facilitators for palliative care in the community and to produce a resource toolkit that palliative care specialists, primary care healt...

Minnesota Rural Palliative Care Initiative: building palliative care capacity in rural Minnesota.

BACKGROUND Significant gaps exist in the availability of palliative care in rural hospitals and communities, even though rural populations are often disproportionately elderly and chronically ill. Few studies have examined what models of palliative care would be sustainable in a rural community. METHODS We studied the effects of a novel approach to palliative care program development with 10 ...

Critical care capacity in Canada: results of a national cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION Intensive Care Units (ICUs) provide life-supporting treatment; however, resources are limited, so demand may exceed supply in the event of pandemics, environmental disasters, or in the context of an aging population. We hypothesized that comprehensive national data on ICU resources would permit a better understanding of regional differences in system capacity. METHODS After the 2...