Do specialist palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients? A systematic literature review

J Hearn, IJ Higginson - Palliative medicine, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
… teams providing specialist palliative care improve the health … of 1996), hand-searching
specialist palliative care journals, and … the use of specialist palliative care teams caring for patients …

Generalist plus specialist palliative care—creating a more sustainable model

TE Quill, AP Abernethy - New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
… As part of this planned expansion of palliative care delivery, we need a care model that
distinguishes primary palliative care (skills that all clinicians should have) from specialist …

Extending specialist palliative care to all?

D Field, J Addington-Hall - Social science & medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
… in the care of a palliative home-care team … care from specialist palliative care services is
likely to be higher than these figures suggest as some receive care from hospital palliative care

Specialist palliative care nursing and the philosophy of palliative care: a critical discussion

J Robinson, M Gott, C Gardiner… - … journal of palliative …, 2017 - magonlinelibrary.com
… in palliative care has also been influential in the development of specialist palliative care
advance practice roles such as the nurse specialist and the nurse practitioner. These roles …

Specialist palliative care: patients' experiences

J Seymour, C Ingleton, S Payne… - Journal of advanced …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… and experiences of specialist palliative care services, as expressed … specialist palliative
care services in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a lack of patient-related data in palliative care

Specialist palliative care is more than drugs: a retrospective study of ILD patients

S Bajwah, IJ Higginson, JR Ross, AU Wells, SS Birring… - Lung, 2012 - Springer
… Seventeen of 45 patients had specialist palliative care team involvement. Nearly all patients
(42/45) experienced breathlessness in their last year of life. Additional symptoms included …

Defining 'specialist palliative care': findings from a Delphi study of clinicians

L Forbat, N Johnston, I Mitchell - Australian Health Review, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
… about what constitutes specialist palliative care (as opposed to palliative care delivered by
non-… distinguishes specialist palliative care from non-specialist palliative care. End of life care

How and why do GPs use specialist palliative care services?

C Shipman, J Addington-Hall, S Barclay… - Palliative …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
… see few palliative care patients each year, however, and access to specialist palliative
care … GP use of and attitudes towards specialist palliative care services through semi-structured …

Symptoms and concerns amongst cancer outpatients: identifying the need for specialist palliative care

V Lidstone, E Butters, PT Seed, C Sinnott… - Palliative …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
… This study aimed to define and prioritize the need for specialist palliative care (SPC) in
cancer outpatient clinics. A validated assessment tool, the Symptoms and Concerns Checklist, …

Specialist palliative care in nonmalignant disease

J Addington-Hall, W Fakhoury… - Palliative …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
specialist palliative care. An increase of at least 79% in caseload would, therefore, be expected
if specialist palliative care … one-third of cancer patients who had specialist palliative care. …