Timely integration of palliative care into oncology in hospitals in the Netherlands: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely integration of palliative care has numerous benefits for patients with incurable cancer. Based on a recent national Delphi study on the timely integration of palliative care in oncology, three recommendations were formulated regarding 1) advance care planning (ACP), 2) routine symptom monitoring during the last year of life, and 3) involving the Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) during the last three months of life. This pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of these recommendations in the Dutch context.

Methods

Four Dutch hospitals implemented these recommendations for three months. Feasibility was assessed in three ways. First, the extent to which the recommendations were applied was assessed by analysis of electronic medical records (EMRs) of

SUBMITTER: Heipon CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12481736 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature