Palliative care provision in long-term care facilities differs across Europe: Results of a cross-sectional study in six European countries (PACE).
Maud Ten KoppelBregje D Onwuteaka-PhilipsenLieve Van den BlockLuc DeliensGiovanni GambassiMartijn W HeymansMarika KylänenMariska G Oosterveld-VlugH Roeline W PasmanSheila Alison PayneTinne SmetsKatarzyna SzczerbińskaJos Wr TwiskJenny T van der Steennull nullPublished in: Palliative medicine (2019)
The late initiation of palliative care (especially when advance care planning is lacking) and palliative care for residents without cancer, dementia or closely involved relatives deserve attention in all countries. Diversity in palliative care organization might be related to different levels of its development.