Int J Palliat Nurs. 2025 Oct 2;31(10):473-482. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2025.0030.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While palliative care education has been integrated into the nursing curriculum in Ghana, there remains a scarcity of research that assesses the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward palliative care and care of the dying.AIM: This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students regarding palliative care.METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used, including a questionnaire-based survey. A total of 272 undergraduate nursing students were selected through convenience sampling.RESULTS: Most respondents demonstrated poor PC knowledge. Most students exhibited positive attitudes towards palliative care. Factors significantly associated with…
Origen: Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards palliative care – PubMed

J Inherit Metab Dis. 2025 Nov;48(6):e70095. doi: 10.1002/jimd.70095.ABSTRACTPalliative care should be an integral part of follow-up for patients with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions, irrespective of age and diagnosis. Many patients with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) have palliative care needs due to multi-systemic conditions without curative treatment options. To map the organisation and accessibility of palliative care across European IMD expert centres, and to explore the experiences of IMD physicians with palliative care, the European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Disorders (MetabERN) invited physicians from all 103 member institutions to participate in a survey covering various aspects of palliative care. Ninety-two physicians from…
Origen: Palliative Care for Children and Adults With Inherited Metabolic Disease in Europe: An Underutilised Service for Supportive Treatment and Care – PubMed

Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2025 Oct 24;22(1):31. doi: 10.1007/s11897-025-00715-y.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: While the benefits and need for integrating palliative care (PC) services into heart failure (HF) care have been well recognized, integration has been slow. Currently, only a small proportion of patients with HF utilize PC services, meaning there is a discrepancy between the knowledge about optimal care and the implementation of care. In recent years researchers have attempted to understand the barriers and facilitators of implementing PC models to patients with HF which has been captured in both primary, empirical research and secondary literature review papers. We aimed…
Origen: Barriers and Facilitators for Implementation of Palliative Care for Patients with Heart failure – a Rapid Synthesis of Reviews – PubMed

J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2025 Oct 24;9(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s41687-025-00951-9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Older people with severe frailty (OPWSF) have palliative needs but typically do not receive specialist palliative care (SPC). Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) may offer valuable means to capture these needs. There is a limited understanding of what to include and how to implement PROMs in settings where this group receive most care. The study aimed to: (1) Critically examine how existing PROMs are currently implemented with OPWSF within a SPC setting. (2) Understand how the items with the PROMs are used (3) Develop a programme theory to determine how PROMs can…
Origen: Developing a programme theory of implementing patient-reported outcome measures for older people living with severe frailty: a mixed methods study using the consolidated framework for implementation research – PubMed

Med Clin North Am. 2025 Nov;109(6):1365-1375. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2025.04.002. Epub 2025 Jun 9.ABSTRACTAdvanced heart failure is characterized by persistent symptoms, recurrent hospitalizations, and poor survival. In this cohort, mortality remains high without advanced heart failure therapies. This article provides updates on therapeutic options specific to the advanced heart failure population, including durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and heart transplantation (HT), and highlights the important role of palliative care.PMID:41136071 | DOI:10.1016/j.mcna.2025.04.002
Origen: Advanced Heart Failure-Where Do We Go From Here?: Therapeutic Options and Palliative Care – PubMed