Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-
of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and …

COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is a serious respiratory
illness characterized by years of progressively debilitating breathlessness, high prevalence …

Funding for the development of this Practice Guidance was provided by the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. MV was supported by aAQ19 Patient-Centered …

Early palliative care (EPC) significantly improves quality of life, symptoms, and satisfaction
with care for patients with advanced cancer. International organizations have recognized …

DESIGN: Multimethod, consensus-building approach by members of the Research Agenda
Project Team. DATA SOURCES: Expert opinion, literature review, surveys, interviews, focus …

Care with palliative care principles (aka Palliative Care, PC) is an approach to care that
focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their caregivers who are facing life …

Background Enhancing health equity is endorsed in the Sustainable Development Goals.
The failure of systematic reviews to consider potential differences in effects across equity …

Although robust evidence demonstrates that specialty palliative care integrated into
oncology care improves patient and health system outcomes, few clinicians are familiar with …

Hospitals have played a leading role in providing palliative care in Taiwan as its care model
has developed over the past few decades. However, earlier local studies in Taiwan showed …

Importance Improving the quality of cancer care is an international priority. Population-based
quality indicators (QIs) are key to this process yet remain almost exclusively used for …