Background: Early involvement of palliative care improves patient quality of life; however,
quantitative studies have not yet demonstrated a similar effect for caregivers, for whom the …

Background: Early palliative care improves quality of life and satisfaction with care and is
increasingly endorsed for patients with advanced cancer. However, little is known about the …

Background Early palliative care improves the quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with care
of patients with advanced cancer, but little is known about its effect on caregivers. Here, we …

Background: Early palliative care is increasingly recommended but seldom practised. We
sought to examine perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and …

Background Clinicians and researchers often have to rely on information from caregivers to
assess patients with advanced cancer. This study aims to assess the validity (using patients' …

Background: Despite evidence for early integration of palliative care for people with
advanced cancer and their families, patterns of late engagement continue. Prior research …

Background Palliative care is becoming increasingly important because the number of
patients with an incurable disease is growing and their survival is improving. Previous …

Introduction: Quality of life is a difficult concept to understand and therefore difficult to
evaluate. From the general definition to the individuality of the person, there are factors that …

Family caregivers provide substantial care for patients with advanced cancer, while suffering
from hidden morbidity and unmet needs. The objectives of this review were to examine risk …

Background: Intervention trials confirm that patients with advanced cancer receiving early
palliative care experience a better quality of life and show improved knowledge about and …