Impact of timing and setting of palliative care referral on quality of end‐of‐life care in cancer patients

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on how the timing and setting of palliative care (PC) referral can affect end‐of‐life care. In this retrospective cohort study, the authors examined how the timing and setting of PC referral were associated with the quality of end‐of‐life care. METHODS All adult...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 120; no. 11; pp. 1743 - 1749
Main Authors:	Hui, David, Kim, Sun Hyun, Roquemore, Joyce, Dev, Rony, Chisholm, Gary, Bruera, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 01.06.2014
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences chemotherapeutic agents Female Humans inpatients Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects) neoplasms Neoplasms - therapy outpatients Palliative Care quality of care Quality of Health Care Referral and Consultation Terminal Care - standards Time Factors Tumors Human End-of-life care inpatients Malignant tumor chemotherapeutic agents quality of care Care Quality of life Chemotherapy Treatment Cancerology Palliative care outpatients Ambulatory Hospital Timing neoplasms Cancer
ISSN:	0008-543X, 1097-0142, 1097-0142
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