Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Jul 2012
ReviewWhat is the methodological rigour of palliative care research in long-term care facilities in Europe? A systematic review.
The European population is rapidly ageing, resulting in increasing numbers of older people dying in long-term care facilities. There is an urgent need for palliative care in long-term care facilities. ⋯ To improve future research on palliative care in long-term care facilities, agreement on what can be considered as palliative care in long-term care facilities and, the availability of well-developed and tested measurement instruments is needed to provide more evidence, and to make future research more comparable.