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Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care in Oncology [Internet]

Jessica Fulton, Thomas LeBlanc, Kathryn N Porter Star, Arif Kamal, Katherine Ramos, Toni Cutson, Caroline Freiermuth, Jennifer McDuffie, Soheir Adams, Andrezej Kosinkski, Megan von Isenburg, Megan Van Noord, John W Williams Jr
Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs (US); 2017 Sep.
VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports.
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Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care in Oncology [Internet]

Jessica Fulton et al.
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More than 500,000 Americans, including 40,000 Veterans, are diagnosed with advanced cancer annually in the United States. Palliative care improves quality of life by managing patients’ physical symptoms and psychosocial and spiritual distress, often provided concurrently with oncology care. Palliative care occurs across a continuum, beginning at the time of diagnosis of a serious illness and continuing until end of life. Integration of palliative care services with oncology care is now considered standard of care for patients with advanced cancer.

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Prepared for: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420. Prepared by: Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Durham, NC, John W. Williams, Jr., MD, MHSc, Director

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