Palliative care focuses on symptom management, discussion of treatment and care
decisions, network organization, and support of the family. As part of the advance care …

Purpose To critically synthesise qualitative research to understand experiences of
supportive care in people affected by brain cancer and their informal caregivers. Methods A …

Background: International oncology societies recommend early palliative care. Specific
models to integrate early palliative care efficiently into clinical practice are debated. The …

Background Patients with advanced incurable cancer face difficult decisions about palliative
treatment options towards their end of life. However, they are often not provided with the …

Objectives The aim of this paper was to identify current barriers, facilitators and experiences
of raising and discussing palliative care with people with advanced cancer. Methods Semi …

Background: Those working in the field of palliative care have recognized that many terms
are being used synonymously and that clear definitions (or any definitions) for many of these …

Background The Palliative Care Early and Systematic (PaCES) program implemented an
early palliative care pathway for advanced colorectal cancer patients in January 2019, to …

Palliative care is often started late in patients with life-threatening conditions, particularly in
patients with advanced cancer. However, with the emergence of the early palliative care …

Background Although early palliative care is linked to improved health-related quality of life,
satisfaction with care, and symptom management, the clinical strategies that nurses use to …

Background People with advanced cancer often experience greater physical and
psychosocial morbidity compared to those with early disease. Limited research has focused …