Objective The quality of end-of-life (EOL) care in acute hospitals is variable and
interventions to improve this care, such as EOL care pathways, are not always used. The …

CONTEXT: Approximately 40% of the US and 60% of the UK population die in hospital.
Many reports have highlighted variability in the care received by these patients and national …

Objective To determine the utility of a screening question to identify patients who might die
during hospital admission and feasibility of scoring symptoms in dying patients within a …

Aims To determine the feasibility of recruiting patients into a study to examine their care as
they died in an acute hospital trust. Methods The authors performed a prospective mixed …

Aims There is currently no tool available to capture symptom control in the dying. The
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) has been validated for patient and care …

Aims The majority of patients die in hospitals, yet care delivered to the dying in the acute
setting is variable and the underlying reasons for this are not documented well. The authors …

Aims The Department of Health9s End of Life strategy promotes integrated care pathways
for the dying as a means of improving end-of-life (EOL) care. The authors designed a pilot …