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

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 has been one of the most rapidly growing fields of health care in the United
States in the past decade. The benefits of palliative care have now been shown in multiple …

Objective: To determine the frequency, mortality, cost, and risk factors associated with
readmission after index hospitalization with severe sepsis. Design: Observational cohort …

Purpose: Patients with hematologic malignancies are less likely to receive specialist
palliative care services than patients with solid tumors. Reasons for this difference are poorly …

Background: There is good evidence for the efficacy of inpatient palliative care in improving
clinical care, patient and provider satisfaction, quality of life, and health care utilization …

Purpose: Hospitalized patients with advanced cancer have a high symptom burden and
need for support. Integration of palliative care (PC) improves symptom control and …

Context There are few multicenter studies that examine the impact of systematic screening
for palliative care and specialty consultation in the intensive care unit (ICU). Objective To …

Background Patients with sepsis are particularly vulnerable to readmissions. We describe
the associated etiology and risk factors for readmission in patients with sepsis using a large …

Background: Inpatient palliative care consultations have been shown to reduce acute care
utilization by reducing length of stay, but less is known about their impact on subsequent …