Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes

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Dio Kavalieratos · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jennifer Corbelli · University of Pittsburgh

Di Zhang · University of Pittsburgh

J. Nicholas Dionne‐Odom · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Natalie C. Ernecoff · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Janel Hanmer · University of Pittsburgh

Zachariah Hoydich

Abstract

In this meta-analysis, palliative care interventions were associated with improvements in patient QOL and symptom burden. Findings for caregiver outcomes were inconsistent. However, many associations were no longer significant when limited to trials at low risk of bias, and there was no significant association between palliative care and survival.

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Patient Dignity and Privacy

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Published in: JAMA

Volume 316, Issue 20, pp. 2104-2104

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.16840

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