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

This paper is part of the American College of Physicians' policy framework to achieve a
vision for a better health care system, where everyone has coverage for and access to the …

Importance Use of palliative care (PC) for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) has
increased recently. However, it is unknown if patients are receiving earlier referrals to PC …

Importance Opioid use disorder (OUD) is an important comorbidity in individuals with
advanced cancer, in whom pain is common. Full-agonist opioid medications are the …

Históricamente, los cuidados paliativos se han considerado como una intervención en
salud, que busca mitigar el sufrimiento e integrar, de forma holística, todos los aspectos del …

Simple Summary Symptom management is a key goal of palliative cancer care. There is
growing interest in the use of cannabis-based medicines or products for the management of …

Background: Pain and opioid management are core ambulatory palliative care skills.
Existing literature on how to manage opioid misuse/use disorder excludes patients found in …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred unprecedented need for specialty
palliative care. The Palliative Care Quality Collaborative (PCQC) provides unique …

Background Palliative care helps patients and their families deal with the hardships that
come with a life-threatening illness. However, patients were not fully utilizing the palliative …

Objectives This study aimed to identify gaps in palliative care (PC) provision across the
National Cancer Grid (NCG) centres in India. Methods We performed a cross-sectional …