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Timing of palliative care: When to call for a palliative care consult
Author(s) -
Schlick Cary Jo R.,
Bentrem David J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.25499
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , curative care , advance care planning , disease , medical diagnosis , nursing , intensive care medicine , family medicine , health care , ambulatory care , pathology , economics , economic growth
Palliative care, unlike hospice, can be utilized concurrently with disease‐modifying or curative therapies. Some of the benefits of palliative care include improved quality of life, less end‐of‐life treatment, and decreased medical costs. Furthermore, palliative care can help guide treatment decisions to be in line with patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. On the basis of these benefits, we advocate for palliative care involvement early in the course of advanced malignancy and other terminal diagnoses.