Care plus study: a multi-site implementation of early palliative care in routine practice to improve health outcomes and reduce hospital admissions for people with advanced cancer: a study protocol

• Main Authors: Jennifer Philip (Author), Roslyn Le Gautier (Author), Anna Collins (Author), Anna K. Nowak (Author), Brian Le (Author), Gregory B. Crawford (Author), Nicole Rankin (Author), Meinir Krishnasamy (Author), Geoff Mitchell (Author), Sue-Anne McLachlan (Author), Maarten IJzerman (Author), Robyn Hudson (Author), Danny Rischin (Author), Tanara Vieira Sousa (Author), Vijaya Sundararajan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Current international consensus is that 'early' referral to palliative care services improves cancer patient and family carer outcomes. In practice, however, these referrals are not routine. An approach which directly addresses identified barriers to early integration o...