A randomised phase II trial to examine feasibility of standardised, early palliative (STEP) care for patients with advanced cancer and their families [ACTRN12617000534381]: a research protocol

BACKGROUND: Current international consensus is that ‘early’ referral to palliative care services improves cancer patient and family carer outcomes; however, in practice, these referrals are not routine. Uncertainty about the ‘best time’ to refer has been highlighted as contributing to care variation...

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Autores principales: Philip, Jennifer, Collins, Anna, Le, Brian, Sundararajan, Vijaya, Brand, Caroline, Hanson, Susan, Emery, Jon, Hudson, Peter, Mileshkin, Linda, Ganiatsas, Soula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6417202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30915228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0424-7

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