Early integration of palliative care in hospitals: a systematic review on methods, barriers, and outcome

KM Dalgaard, H Bergenholtz, ME Nielsen… - Palliative & supportive …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Objective: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care (PC) should be
available to everyone suffering from life-threatening diseases and should be started early on …

Recommending early integration of palliative care—does it work?

J Gaertner, J Wolf, S Frechen, U Klein… - Supportive Care in …, 2012 - Springer
Background In 2006, our comprehensive cancer center decided to implement early
integration (EI) of palliative care (PC) by (a) literally adopting the WHO definition of PC into …

[HTML][HTML] Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial

B Thoonsen, M Groot, Y Engels, J Prins, S Verhagen… - BMC family …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background According to the Word Health Organization, patients who can benefit
from palliative care should be identified earlier to enable proactive palliative care. Up to …

[HTML][HTML] Models of integration of specialized palliative care with oncology

J Mathews, B Hannon, C Zimmermann - Current treatment options in …, 2021 - Springer
Opinion statement Evidence from randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses has
shown that early integration of specialized palliative care improves symptoms and quality of …

Early identification of palliative care patients in general practice: development of RADboud indicators for PAlliative Care Needs (RADPAC)

B Thoonsen, Y Engels, E van Rijswijk… - British Journal of …, 2012 - bjgp.org
Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, palliative care
should be initiated in an early phase and not be restricted to terminal care. In the literature …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated palliative care in Europe: a qualitative systematic literature review of empirically-tested models in cancer and chronic disease

N Siouta, K Van Beek, ME Van der Eerden… - BMC palliative …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Integrated Palliative Care (PC) strategies are often implemented
following models, namely standardized designs that provide frameworks for the organization …

[HTML][HTML] Early integration of palliative care into oncology: evidence, challenges and barriers

WI Zhi, TJ Smith - Annals of palliative medicine, 2015 - apm.amegroups.org
Palliative care has proven to be an important component during the care of seriously ill
oncology patients. In the past decade, early integration of both specialties demonstrated …

Defining the elements of early palliative care that are associated with patient-reported outcomes and the delivery of end-of-life care

M Hoerger, JA Greer, VA Jackson, ER Park… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We describe the key elements of early palliative care (PC) across the illness
trajectory and examine whether visit content was associated with patient-reported outcomes …

When to integrate palliative care in the trajectory of cancer care

N Kayastha, TW LeBlanc - Current treatment options in oncology, 2020 - Springer
Opinion statement Palliative care provides an extra layer of support to patients and families
facing a serious illness. To date, several studies support the use of early, integrated …

The cultivation of prognostic awareness through the provision of early palliative care in the ambulatory setting: a communication guide

VA Jackson, J Jacobsen, JA Greer, WF Pirl… - Journal of palliative …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Early, integrated palliative care delivered in the ambulatory setting has been associated with
improved quality of life, lower rates of depression, and even prolonged survival. We outline …