First referral to an integrated onco-palliative care program: a retrospective analysis of its timing

Abstract Background Palliative care (PC) referral is recommended early in the course of advanced cancer. This study aims to describe, in an integrated onco-palliative care program (IOPC), patient’s profile when first referred to this program, timing of this referral and its impact on the trajectory...

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Main Authors: Claire Barth, Isabelle Colombet, Vincent Montheil, Olivier Huillard, Pascaline Boudou-Rouquette, Camille Tlemsani, Jérôme Alexandre, François Goldwasser, Pascale Vinant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-020-0539-x