Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

Background Incurable cancer, which often constitutes an enormous challenge for patients,
their families, and medical professionals, profoundly affects the patient's physical and …

Over the past five decades, palliative care has evolved from serving patients at the end of life
into a highly specialized discipline focused on delivering supportive care to patients with life …

Although outpatient specialty palliative-care clinics improve outcomes, there is no
consensus on who should be referred or the optimal timing for referral. In response to this …

Major difficulties arise when introducing evidence and clinical guidelines into routine daily
practice. Data show that many patients do not receive appropriate care, or receive …

OBJECTIVES: To consider methods and related evidence for evaluating bias in non-
randomised intervention studies. DATA SOURCES: Systematic reviews and methodological …

Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering by controlling symptoms and to provide
other support to patients and families in order to maintain and improve their quality of living …

Background: Palliative care improves care and reduces costs for hospitalized patients with
life-limiting illnesses. There have been no multicenter randomized trials examining impact …

Background Early ambulatory palliative care (PC) is an emerging practice, and its key
elements have not been defined. We conducted a qualitative analysis of data from a …

Context Specialized palliative care teams are increasingly providing care for the terminally
ill. However, the impact of such teams on quality of life, satisfaction with care, and economic …