Clinician Perspectives Guiding Approach to Comprehensiveness of Palliative Care Assessment.

ABSTRACT: Background: National Consensus Project for quality palliative care guidelines emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive assessment of all care domains, including physical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of care, for seriously ill patients. However, less is known about how real-world practice compares with this guideline. Objective: To describe clinicians' assessment practices and factors influencing their approach. Design: This is a two-part web-based survey of palliative care clinicians from five academic groups in the United States. Results: Nineteen out of 25 invited clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) completed the survey. A majority (62%) reported that, although some elements of assessme

SUBMITTER: Gray NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022122 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature