Staffing a Specialist Palliative Care Service, a Team-Based Approach: Expert Consensus White Paper.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0314
Abstract: Palliative care is an evolving field with extensive studies demonstrating its benefits to patients, families, and the health care system. Many health systems have developed or are developing palliative care programs. The Canadian Society of… read more here.
Keywords: specialist palliative; palliative care; service; care ... See more keywords
Generalist versus Specialist Palliative Medicine.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0644
Abstract: The issue of generalist versus specialist palliative care is on the minds of healthcare leaders everywhere. We are amid changing demographics of physicians. The industrialization of medicine is well underway in the US and around… read more here.
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Randomised clinical trial of early specialist palliative care plus standard care versus standard care alone in patients with advanced cancer: The Danish Palliative Care Trial
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DOI: 10.1177/0269216317705100
Abstract: Background: Beneficial effects of early palliative care have been found in advanced cancer, but the evidence is not unequivocal. Aim: To investigate the effect of early specialist palliative care among advanced cancer patients identified in… read more here.
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Non-specialist palliative care: A principle-based concept analysis
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DOI: 10.1177/0269216319840963
Abstract: Background: Building palliative care capacity among all healthcare practitioners caring for patients with chronic illnesses, who do not work in specialist palliative care services (non-specialist palliative care), is fundamental in providing more responsive and sustainable… read more here.
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Why patients in specialist palliative care in-patient settings are at high risk of falls and falls-related harm: A realist synthesis
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DOI: 10.1177/02692163221127808
Abstract: Background: Falls are the third highest reported safety incident in Specialist Palliative Care in-patient settings and yet specific risk factors connected with falling and associated outcomes in this setting are poorly understood. Aim: To understand… read more here.
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Understanding the role and deployment of volunteers within specialist palliative care services and organisations as they have adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-national EAPC volunteer taskforce survey
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DOI: 10.1177/02692163221135349
Abstract: Background: Early indications were of a major decline in specialist palliative care volunteer numbers during COVID-19. It is important that ongoing deployment and role of volunteers is understood, given the dependence of many palliative care… read more here.
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Integrated telehealth-assisted home-based specialist palliative care in rural Australia: A feasibility study.
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DOI: 10.1177/1357633x20966466
Abstract: INTRODUCTION This study assessed the feasibility of integrating telehealth-assisted home-based specialist palliative care (TH-SPC) into a rural community setting. METHODS This was a prospective mixed-methods pilot study conducted in rural Victoria, Australia. Newly engaged adult… read more here.
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Ward social workers’ views of what facilitates or hinders collaboration with specialist palliative care team social workers: A grounded theory
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DOI: 10.1186/s12904-017-0214-z
Abstract: BackgroundInpatient, generalist social workers in discharge planning roles work alongside specialist palliative care social workers to care for patients, often resulting in two social workers being concurrently involved in the same patient’s care. Previous studies… read more here.
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The effect of weekly specialist palliative care teleconsultations in patients with advanced cancer –a randomized clinical trial
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DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0866-9
Abstract: BackgroundTeleconsultation seems to be a promising intervention for providing palliative care to home-dwelling patients; however, its effect on clinically relevant outcome measures remains largely unexplored. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether… read more here.
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The evidence of early specialist palliative care on patient and caregiver outcomes.
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DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2018.24.5.230
Abstract: Although there are many differences regarding what palliative care is and to whom it should be delivered, its delivery and integration earlier in the disease trajectory have been advocated since 1990. More recently, there has… read more here.
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Specialist palliative care for Parkinson's disease.
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DOI: 10.21037/apm.2019.12.01
Abstract: Patients, and their families, with Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders face many issues, including physical, psychological, social and spiritual. Palliative care is an essential part of care from the time of diagnosis, and should… read more here.
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