Background Patients with advanced cancer have reduced quality of life, which tends to
worsen towards the end of life. We assessed the effect of early palliative care in patients with …

Importance The use of palliative care programs and the number of trials assessing their
effectiveness have increased. Objective To determine the association of palliative care with …

It has become commonplace to say that contemporary western society is ’deathdenying‘. This
characterization, which sociologists have termed the ’denial of death thesis‘, first arose in …

Background: Early palliative care is increasingly recommended but seldom practised. We
sought to examine perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and …

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

Purpose: Providing survival estimates is important for decision making in oncology care. The
purpose of this study was to provide survival estimates for outpatients with advanced cancer…

Context There is little research on quality of care specific to palliative care units (PCUs).
Objectives To delineate important aspects of satisfaction with care and quality of care on a PCU, …

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 …

Context Specialized palliative care teams are increasingly providing care for the terminally ill.
However, the impact of such teams on quality of life, satisfaction with care, and economic …

The nature of cancer control is changing, with an increasing emphasis, fuelled by public and
political demand, on prevention, early diagnosis, and patient experience during and after …