Understanding the barriers to introducing early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a qualitative study

A Sarradon-Eck, S Besle, J Troian… - Journal of Palliative …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: Palliative care is often underutilized or initiated late in the course of life-
threatening illness. Randomized clinical Early Palliative Care (EPC) trials provide an …

What are the barriers faced by medical oncologists in initiating discussion of palliative care? A qualitative study in Flanders, Belgium

M Horlait, K Chambaere, K Pardon, L Deliens… - Supportive Care in …, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Before referring patients to a palliative care service, oncologists need to inform
them about disease stage and discuss prognosis, treatment options and possible …

Cancer patients' perceptions of palliative care

B Chosich, M Burgess, A Earnest, M Franco… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Despite clear benefits of early integration of palliative care (PC) and oncology,
concerns remain about negative perceptions of PC. Our aim was to explore current …

Readiness for delivering early palliative care: a survey of primary care and specialised physicians

A Sorensen, LW Le, N Swami, B Hannon… - Palliative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Evidence supporting early palliative care is based on trials of specialised
palliative care, but a more sustainable model might involve mainly primary providers. Aim …

Practices and opinions of specialized palliative care physicians regarding early palliative care in oncology

A Sorensen, K Wentlandt, LW Le, N Swami… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To describe the practices and opinions of specialized palliative care (SPC)
physicians regarding early palliative care for patients with cancer, determine characteristics …

Attitudes and referral patterns of lung cancer specialists in Europe to Specialized Palliative Care (SPC) and the practice of Early Palliative Care (EPC)

H Charalambous, A Pallis, B Hasan, M O'Brien - BMC palliative care, 2014 - Springer
Purpose To examine availability of Palliative Care (PC) services and referral patterns of
European Lung cancer specialists to PC. Methods All members of the EORTC Lung Cancer …

What happens during early outpatient palliative care consultations for persons with newly diagnosed advanced cancer? A qualitative analysis of provider …

G Bagcivan, JN Dionne-Odom, J Frost… - Palliative …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Early outpatient palliative care consultations are recommended by clinical
oncology guidelines globally. Despite these recommendations, it is unclear which …

Timing of palliative care referral before and after evidence from trials supporting early palliative care

D Hausner, C Tricou, J Mathews, D Wadhwa… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Evidence from randomized controlled trials has demonstrated benefits in quality
of life outcomes from early palliative care concurrent with standard oncology care in patients …

[PDF][PDF] Early integration of palliative care into standard oncology care: evidence and overcoming barriers to implementation

DA Kain, EA Eisenhauer - Current Oncology, 2016 - mdpi.com
In Canada, widespread discussion of medical aid in dying (http://www. parl. gc.
ca/HousePublications/Publication. aspx? DocId= 8120006) has had an important by …

Patient and professional experiences of palliative care referral discussions from cancer services: a qualitative interview study

S Pini, J Hackett, S Taylor, HL Bekker… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this paper was to identify current barriers, facilitators and experiences
of raising and discussing palliative care with people with advanced cancer. Methods Semi …