ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2015
Managing the advanced cancer patient in the Australian emergency department environment: findings from a national survey of emergency department clinicians.
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- Nurses Training and Capacitation for Palliative Care in Emergency Units: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Pooled it
- [Healthcare professionals' perceptions and confrontation at patients' end-of-life in emergency departments: A qualitative systematic review].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2019Pooled it
- Mixed methods scoping review of patients' experiences of urgent and emergency cancer care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
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- The epidemiology of dying within 48 hours of presentation to emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study of older people across Australia and New Zealand.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- A study of the factors associated with emergency department visits in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- End-of-Life Care Challenges from Staff Viewpoints in Emergency Departments: Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Challenges Faced by Prehospital Emergency Physicians Providing Emergency Care to Patients with Advanced Incurable Diseases.Emergency medicine international · 2019Article
- Cancer patients as frequent attenders in emergency departments: A national cohort study.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Early integration of palliative medicine into emergency care: Is it a feasible option.Indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology : official journal of Indian Society of Medical & Paediatric OncologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDelivery of care to people with advanced cancer in the emergency department (ED) is complicated by competing service demands, workloads and physical design constraints. We explored emergency clinicians' attitudes to the ED environment when caring for patients who present with advanced cancer, and how these attitudes are affected by access to palliative care services, palliative care education, staff type, ED experience and patient demographic, hospital type and region.
methodsWe electronically surveyed clinicians from the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Australian College of Emergency Nursing and Australasian College for Emergency Medicine working in an Australian ED.
resultsRespondents were 444 doctors and 237 nurses. They reported overcrowding, noise, lack of time and privacy as barriers to care. Most (93.3%) agreed/strongly agreed that the dying patient should be allocated private space in ED. 73.6% (451) felt unable to provide a desired level of care to advanced cancer patients in ED. Clinician attitudes were affected by staff type, experience, ED demographic and hospital type, but not education in palliative care.
conclusionsED environments place pressure on clinicians delivering care to people with advanced cancer. Integrating palliative care services in ED and redesigning EDs to better match its multifaceted functions should be considered.
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