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. 2008 Nov 23:2:1-3.

An interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative in palliative care research

Veena Desa  1 , Cyril Danjoux, Yvette Matyas, Margaret Fitch, Amna Husain, Nina Horvath, Jeff Myers, Mark Clemons, Janet E Hux, Elizabeth A Barnes
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An interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative in palliative care research

Veena Desa et al. J Pain Res. .

Abstract

The scale and complexity of palliative care increasingly demands that researchers move beyond their own discipline and explore interdisciplinary collaboration. At a Palliative Care Research Retreat held in January 2006 at the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, researchers from multiple care settings with the center and from other Toronto hospitals came together with the vision of becoming Canadian leaders in palliative care research. As a result of this retreat, five interdisciplinary groups were formed to pursue research in the areas of pain and symptom management, access to services, translational research, education, and communication. An overview of the retreat and direction of research for each group is provided.

Keywords: access to care; communication; pain and symptom management; palliative care; palliative care education; research retreat; translational research.

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