Community-based palliative care (CBPC) serves seriously ill individuals by integrating care
for symptom and stress relief with local health care systems. This review provides the first …

Palliative care began in academic centers with specialty consultation services, and its value
to patients, families, and health systems has been evident. The demand for palliative care to …

PURPOSE To explore palliative care and oncology clinicians' perspectives on current
challenges and facilitating factors in meeting the spiritual needs of patients with lung cancer …

Background: Specialist palliative care improves quality of life (QOL), symptom burden, and
may prolong survival among patients with advanced lung cancer. Previous trials focused on …

Background: Women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) experience unique symptom
management and psychosocial needs due to aggressive, yet palliative treatment with a …

Based on the demonstrated effectiveness of palliative care in the alleviation of symptoms
and enhancement of life quality, it is important to incorporate palliative care early in the …

Context A notable gap in the evidence base for palliative care (PC) for cancer is that most
trials were conducted in specialized centers with limited translation and further evaluation in …

Despite significant progress in implementing palliative care interventions for patients with
cancer, few intervention studies seek health care clinicians' input before implementation of …

Background: Symptom burden assessment with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment
System (ESAS) has been widely studied among patients in outpatient palliative care (OPC) …

L'implication d'une infirmière agente locale de changement (IALC) peut faciliter
l'implantation d'un programme multidimensionnel et multidisciplinaire d'interventions de …