Background Planned, multidisciplinary teams' discussions of cases are common in cancer
care, but their impact on patients' outcome is not always clear. Palliative care (PC) needs …

Simple Summary There is sufficient evidence to confirm that early palliative care in
advanced cancer patients improves symptom control, psychological distress, quality of life …

Background: Information routinely collected during a palliative care consultation request
may help predict the level of complexity of that patient encounter. Objectives: We examined …

Proposal Model of early palliative care (PC) integrated in oncology is based on shared care
from the diagnosis to the end of life and is mainly focused on patients with greater …

Background Complex need for patients with a terminal illness distinguishes those who
would benefit from specialist palliative care from those who could be cared for by non …

Context Central to appropriate palliative care management in hospital settings is ensuring
an adequately trained workforce. In order to achieve optimum palliative care delivery, it is …

Background: Recognizing the need for palliative care (PC) and referral to PC teams
improves patients' quality of life. However, in patients with moderate/severe clinical …

Simple Summary The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged all health organizations
to develop programs specifically aimed at integrating palliative care (PC) into existing …

The current treatment approach for patients in palliative care (PC) requires a health model
based on shared and individualised care, according to the degree of complexity …

Background There is growing evidence that generalists may lack skills and knowledge in
palliative care provision. This has led to consideration of what the core competencies for …