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Early Specialty Palliative Care — Translating Data in Oncology into Practice

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: For most patients with serious illness, palliative care is provided only near the end of life. The authors review studies showing that earlier palliative care can improve quality of life and reduce health care costs and argue that such care should be standard in serious illness.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsb1305469

Authors: Ravi B. Parikh, Rebecca A. Kirch, Thomas J. Smith, Jennifer S. Temel

Institutions: Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts General Hospital, American Cancer Society

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Cancer Institute