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

J Hearn, IJ Higginson - Palliative medicine, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
specialist palliative care improve the health outcomes of patients with advanced cancer and
… of 1996), hand-searching specialist palliative care journals, and studying bibliographies and …

The impact of specialized palliative care on cancer patients' health-related quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AP Kassianos, M Ioannou, M Koutsantoni… - … Care in Cancer, 2018 - Springer
Specialized palliative care (SPC) is currently underutilized or provided late in cancer care. …
is to critically evaluate the impact of SPC on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …

Specialist palliative care: patients' experiences

J Seymour, C Ingleton, S Payne… - Journal of advanced …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… This paper reports on 37 patients’ expectations and experiences of specialist palliative care
… It draws together data from three evaluative studies of specialist palliative care services in …

The appropriate provision of primary versus specialist palliative care to cancer patients: Oncologists' perspectives

R Gidwani, A Nevedal, M Patel… - … of palliative medicine, 2017 - liebertpub.com
… , they're the main person in charge of the patient's care, and that they should regard … palliative
care gets called when we already know the patient and have been caring for the patient for …

Extending specialist palliative care to all?

D Field, J Addington-Hall - Social science & medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
cancer patients receiving specialist palliative care. The actual proportion of non-cancer patients
… comparable to that of cancer patients who receive specialist palliative care may well be …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of early specialist palliative care in cancer care and patient related outcomes: A critical review of evidence

N Salins, R Ramanjulu, L Patra, J Deodhar… - … of palliative care, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… integration of specialist palliative care in patients with cancer. This paper focuses on critical
review of evidence on integration of early specialist palliative care in cancer care and patient-…

Specialized palliative care in advanced cancer: What is the efficacy? A systematic review

K Holmenlund, P Sjøgren, M Nordly - Palliative & supportive care, 2017 - cambridge.org
… The primary aim of our systematic review was to evaluate the efficacy of specialized
palliative care in adult patients with advanced cancer in regard to quality of life, physical and …

Improving cancer patients' pain: the impact of the hospital specialist palliative care team

B Jack, V Hillier, A Williams… - … journal of cancer care, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
treatment. The present study, which is part of a larger evaluation of … specialist palliative
care (Jack 2001), sets out to ascertain whether or not a hospital specialist palliative care

Home-based specialized palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review

M Nordly, ES Vadstrup, P Sjøgren… - Palliative & supportive …, 2016 - cambridge.org
… an urgent need for specialized palliative care (SPC) for patients with advanced cancer, an
… of home-based SPC for patients with advanced cancer. Outcomes related to place of death, …

What is the evidence that palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients and their families?

IJ Higginson, CJ Evans - The Cancer Journal, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Specialist palliative care services have developed to meet these needs, but … specialist
palliative care teams achieve their aims and improve outcomes for patients with advanced cancer