Open AccessDoes educating patients about the Early Palliative Care Study increase preferences for outpatient palliative cancer care? Findings from Project EMPOWER.
Author(s) -
Michael Hoerger,
Laura M. Perry,
Robert Gramling,
Ronald M. Epstein,
Paul R. Duberstein
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000489
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , intervention (counseling) , ambulatory care , quality of life (healthcare) , randomized controlled trial , family medicine , outpatient clinic , cancer , nursing , health care , economics , economic growth
Randomized controlled trials, especially the Early Palliative Care Study (Temel et al., 2010), have shown that early outpatient palliative cancer care can improve quality of life for patients with advanced cancer or serious symptoms. However, fear and misconceptions drive avoidance of palliative care. Drawing from an empowerment perspective, we examined whether educating patients about evidence from the Early Palliative Care Study would increase preferences for palliative care.