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. 2018 Jan;21(S1):S1-S8.
doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0453.

Consensus Development Conference: Promoting Access to Quality Palliative Care in Canada

Konrad Fassbender  1   2
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Consensus Development Conference: Promoting Access to Quality Palliative Care in Canada

Konrad Fassbender. J Palliat Med. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: This article outlines the development and implementation of a consensus development conference (CDC).

Background: As a rapid method for data synthesis, a CDC affords a timely and methodic means of evaluating data to effect change in healthcare policy.

Methods: The CDC methodology was adopted for the Palliative Care Matters initiative due to its engagement with the public, scientific community, and palliative care stakeholders.

Results: It requires the involvement of seven key groups/roles to successfully effect change: a manager, steering committee, scientific expert panel, public lay panel, a lay-panel facilitator, a public audience, and the media for dissemination.

Discussion: This article also details the background information and guiding principles on which the Palliative Care Matters initiative was formed. A Canadian Reference Working Group was formed to develop the Palliative Care Matters guiding principles into six scientific questions. The scientific articles in this supplemental issue each present evidence and expert recommendations that speak to one of the Palliative Care Matters scientific questions.

Keywords: Consensus Development Conference; Palliative Care Matters; palliative care; public engagement.

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Conflict of interest statement

No competing financial interests exist.

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