Abstract Objectives Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has been legal in Canada since
June 2016. A person can receive MAiD if their suffering cannot be relieved under conditions …

Early palliative care, palliative care integrated with oncology care early in the course of
illness, has myriad benefits for patients and their caregivers, including improved quality of …

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of
the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development …

Importance Despite the evidence for early palliative care improving outcomes, it has not
been widely implemented in part due to palliative care workforce limitations. Objective To …

Complexity in serious illness is challenging to define. In 2013, Quill and Abernethy
recommended that specialist-level palliative care is appropriate for ''complex depression …

Patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs) struggle with immense physical and
psychological symptom burden, which negatively affect their quality of life (QOL) throughout …

Communication in oncology has always been challenging. The new era of precision
oncology creates prognostic uncertainty. Still, person-centered care requires attention to …

Serious illness communications are crucial elements of care delivery for patients with
cancer. High-quality serious illness communications are composed of open, honest …

PURPOSE For patients with advanced cancer, early consultations with palliative care (PC)
specialists reduce costs, improve quality of life, and prolong survival. However, capacity …

Patients with cancer have many palliative care needs. Robust evidence supports the early
integration of palliative care into the care of patients with advanced cancer. International …