Background Despite the high potential to improve the quality of life of patients and families,
palliative care services face significant obstacles to their use. In countries with high-resource …

Background Worldwide, many patients with cancer, are infrequently referred to palliative
care or are referred late. Oncologists and haematologists may act as gatekeepers, and their …

Context The current state of palliative care in cancer centers is not known. Objectives To
determine the availability and degree of integration of palliative care services and to …

Purpose To describe current referral practices of oncologists to specialized palliative care
(SPC) and define demographic characteristics, practice situations, and opinions associated …

Background For cancer patients and their family, an important factor that determines the
choice to die at home is the caregivers' feeling of security when caring for the patient at …

Background: Despite evidence for early integration of palliative care for people with
advanced cancer and their families, patterns of late engagement continue. Prior research …

Background: Palliative care is often underutilized or initiated late in the course of life-
threatening illness. Randomized clinical Early Palliative Care (EPC) trials provide an …

For many, the study of communication in the context of health care has an importance that
goes beyond other areas of communication inquiry. Most likely, this is because the …

Background. In this prospective study, we determined the frequency of opioid-related
chemical coping among advanced cancer patients, as diagnosed by palliative medicine …

Background Pain is a prevalent symptom at the end of life and negatively impacts quality of
life. Despite this, little population level data exist that describe pain frequency and …