… of haematologists towards palliative care, based on their own clinical experiences, focusing
on those factors that helped or hindered referral to specialist palliative care (SPC) services. …

… Although our study differs from other studies, particularly in the way people were recruited,
our findings support previous studies that have shown that specialist palliative care nurses …

… medical specialty of palliative care was recognized … specialist palliative care services (SPCSs)
have expanded, so has research evaluating the impact of these specialist palliative care …

… who had referred their patients on to the specialist palliative care unit, so as to gain insight
… of the specialists talked about regularly referring their patients to the specialist palliative care …

… Following local and national ethics approval, specialists were identified via hospital … specialist
palliative care unit in a metropolitan area of Australia during 2010. In total, 119 specialists …

… Two non-UK qualitative studies examining barriers to SPC referral from the haematologists’
and palliative care specialists’ perspectives also show clear overlap with our findings, with …

… poor access to specialist palliative care services, especially compared with advanced lung
cancer patients. Improving access and provision of specialist palliative care for those with non…

… healthcare providers’ perceptions of their role in palliative care delivery, 29–32 this has not
… of non-specialist palliative care in the hospital setting, we conducted a qualitative systematic …

… The present study aimed to better understand patients’ perceptions of specialist palliative
care to inform the integration of specialist palliative care services into phase I cancer treatment. …

… qualitative data analysis was conducted on interview data gathered from 37 patients during
three evaluation studies of specialist palliative care … of specialist palliative care services, as …