1 | Are patients usually informed about the prognosis of their disease? How easy/difficult is that? |
2 | Is it needed to have holistic assessment and who should do that? When should the holistic assessments be applied? |
3 | When should palliative care be initiated? For what is the patient referred? |
4 | Is it necessary that patients’ goals are explored? |
5 | Do goals change during the disease trajectory? |
6 | What are the most frequently used interventions for suffering reduction? |
7 | Is advance care planning useful for cardiology/pulmonology? In what percentages of patients it is used? |
8 | When is the palliative care team involved? |
9 | Are there any specific recommendations on what to do in the patient’s last hours of living? |
10 | Are there any specific recommendations for support of the family of the patient post-mortem? Is grief and bereavement care present? |