Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations to oncology clinicians, patients,
family and friend caregivers, and palliative care specialists to update the 2012 American …

Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

Context Since the publication of the IMPaCCT project in 2007, much effort has been made to
develop new approaches to pediatric palliative care (PPC). Fifteen years later, it is time to …

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 …

Background Current estimates suggest that approximately 75% of people approaching the
end-of-life may benefit from palliative care. The growing numbers of older people and …

Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by
anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering when “curative” therapies are futile. In the …

Importance Observational studies demonstrate links between patient-centered
communication, quality of life (QOL), and aggressive treatments in advanced cancer, yet few …

Objective To assess the effect of specialist palliative care on quality of life and additional
outcomes relevant to patients in those with advanced illness. Design Systematic review with …

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high burden of physical and
psychosocial symptoms, poor outcomes, and high costs of care. Current paradigms of care …