...Everard Van Kemenade; Wilma van der Vlegel-Brouwer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to support the ongoing dialogue and shed light on the different views on integrated care. An overarching definition of integrated care is proposed combining the ways of thinking of the four quality paradigms...

...Meritxell Mondejar-Pont; Anna Ramon-Aribau; Xavier Gómez-Batiste Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a unified definition of integrated palliative care (IPC), and to identify the elements that facilitate or hinder implementation of an integrated palliative care system (IPCS). Design...