Development and Validation of the Palliative Care Attitudes Scale (PCAS-9): A Measure of Patient Attitudes toward Palliative Care

Palliative care is underutilized, and research has neglected patient-level factors including attitudes that could contribute to avoidance or acceptance of palliative care referrals. This may be due in part to a lack of existing measures for this purpose.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - September 16, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Laura M. Perry, Michael Hoerger, Sonia Malhotra, James I. Gerhart, Supriya Mohile, Paul R. Duberstein Source Type: research