Background: There is currently debate over the benefits and harms of physician-assisted
death. One of the factors influencing this debate is concern about symptoms in the days …

Context Although the acute hospital setting is not considered to be an ideal place of death,
many people are admitted to hospital at the end of life. Objectives The present study aims to …

Background: Limited information is available on the symptomatic complications that occur in
the last days of life. Aim: We documented the frequency, clinical course, and survival for 25 …

Purpose: The identification of patients at high risk for poor outcomes may allow for earlier
palliative care and prevent futile interventions. We examined the association of presenting …

Objective: Terminally ill patients at their end-of-life (EOL) phase attending the emergency
department (ED) may have complex and specialized care needs frequently overlooked by …

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 …

Context: Although several symptoms have been shown to predict survival, little is known of
the roles of symptom changes in predicting inpatient death. Objectives: To determine the …

Background Many patients with advanced, serious, non-malignant disease belong to the
population generally seen on medical wards. However, little research has been carried out …

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 …

Objectives Patients with advanced cancer are often admitted to hospital as emergency
cases. This may not always be medically indicated. Study objectives were to register the …