Missed opportunities of integration of palliative care: frequency, causes and profile of missed visits in an Oncologic Palliative Care Outpatient Unit

Many cancer patients are referred to palliative care (PC) outpatient clinics but do not attend consultations, which increases the difficultly of integrating PC in a timely manner.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 23, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Carlos Eduardo Paiva, Fab íola de Lourdes Gonçalves de Freitas Seriaco, Maria Salete de Angelis Nascimento, Felipe Coutinho Zago, Everaldo Donizete Costa, Juliana Berlado Ciorlia, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva Source Type: research