Importance Guidelines recommend early specialty palliative care for all patients with
advanced cancer, but most patients lack access to such services. Objective To assess the …

Background: This analysis describes associations between area deprivation and patient-
reported outcomes among patients with advanced cancer. Methods: This is a cross-sectional …

Background Clinicians often cite a fear of giving up hope as a reason they defer advance
care planning (ACP) among patients with advanced cancer. The objective of this study was …

Background: Palliative care specialists are experts in conducting advance care planning
(ACP) but are a limited resource. Oncology nurses often have special relationships with their …

Abstract Background The Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes (PROVEN)
is one of the first large pragmatic randomized clinical trials (pRCTs) to be conducted in US …

This is a tutorial on designing a persuasive pilot study of a psychosocial intervention (eg,
behavioral symptom management) in the palliative care setting. This tutorial is most relevant …

The purpose of the present study was to conduct a process evaluation of intervention
delivery for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Background: Palliative care (PC) workforce shortages have led to a need for primary PC
provided by non-specialists. The Care Management by Oncology Nurses (CONNECT) …

Background & Aim: Effective communication with the patients and engaging patients in
decision-making and care planning are necessary to improve health outcomes and …

Background Despite improvements in diagnostics and therapy, the majority of lung tumours
are diagnosed at advanced stage IV with a poor prognosis. Due to the nature of an incurable …