Palliative care consultation team on acute wards—an intervention study with pre-post comparisons

There is little evidence regarding primary healthcare team members’ perceptions concerning palliative care consultation team (PCCT) and palliative care (PC) issues on their own wards. This study aimed to study whether a PCCT can influence and change primary healthcare team members’ perceptions regarding the palliative care at the end of life they are providing to patients in their own acute wards. The intervention was a PCCT visiting surgical...