Objectives Patients with chronic respiratory disease have significant palliative care needs,
but low utilisation of specialist palliative care (SPC) services. Decreased access to SPC …

Background Integration of palliative care with standard oncologic care improves quality of
life and survival of lung cancer patients. We surveyed physicians to identify factors …

Purpose To examine availability of Palliative Care (PC) services and referral patterns of
European Lung cancer specialists to PC. Methods All members of the EORTC Lung Cancer …

Aims Advanced nonmalignant respiratory diseases are associated with significant patient
morbidity, yet access to palliative care occurs late, if at all. Our aim was to examine referral …

Context Although patients with nonmalignant diseases have palliative care needs similar to
those of cancer patients, they are less likely to receive specialist palliative care (SPC) …

Methods An online survey addressing the aims of this study was developed and pilot tested.
The survey was distributed nationally using the database of the Lung Association's …

Background Palliative care (PC) improves the quality of life of patients with advanced
cancer. Our aim was to describe PC referral among patients with advanced cancer, and …

Background: Early referral of cancer patients for palliative care significantly improves the
quality of life. It is not clear which patients can benefit from an early referral, and when the …

Purpose: Cancer specialists can facilitate timely and appropriate access to specialized
palliative care (SPC) services. To better match patients' needs with access to SPC services …

Objective Despite needs, people with advanced non-malignant respiratory disease are
infrequently referred to palliative care services. Integrated models of palliative care and …