Yes! This misconception of #PalliativeCare being only EOL care only is a MAJOR barrier that limits access to invaluable symptom management for people suffering at ANY stage of illness (esp those going through tough active treatment). #hpm #PallOnc
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http://bit.ly/2DG6KLZ Our team@ MD Anderson studied the perception among docs of "
#PalliativeCare" (PC) vs"#SupportiveCare"(SC). Our Oncs felt PC is a barrier to referral more than SC, is synonymous w#hospice, decreases hope, & is less appropriate to address chemo side effectspic.twitter.com/lv1Fa13W5w
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OUR MOST PROMISING FINDING: A significantly greater % of oncologists expressed that they would refer a pt w a new cancer diagnosis to "
#SUPPORTIVECARE" than "#PalliativeCare" (SC, 81% vs. PC, 43%; p < .001). Its all in the name! DIFFERENT NAME = BETTER ACCESS#hpm#pallonc#meded -
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#PalliativeCare as a CONTINUUM: '#SupportiveCare' --> '#PalliativeCare' -->#Hospice care. -->#Bereavement care for families AFTER passing.#PallOnc#hpmglobal#meded Great#hpm review: http://bit.ly/pllnc Our#Palliative team at MDA: http://bit.ly/2AV6XZA pic.twitter.com/cGkN4dG7d8
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How might we rebrand it and change the conversation? My Dad refused a palliative care consult so we just didn't tell him one of his favorite docs had a dual specialty. At the end, he asked for palliative care and we essentially said, "You're soaking in it."
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I think it’s less about rebranding and more about acceptance of
#palliative care referral among specialties. This is part of what my@PCORI project is all about.
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And extensively promoting the concept that it is not the same as hospice.
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I’m happy to see my intuition confirmed by you: what’s the best study on the benefits of palliative care in a non-EOL setting?
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This NEJM RCT investigates palliative care for serious lung cancer (so EOL), but it shows early palliative care improves quality of life and ended up extending length of life as well (while reducing health care costs) http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1000678 …
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I love that RCT— but I did want a non-EOL setting, in part bc that RCT (unwittingly) strengthens the view that its ICU -or- palliative care
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This is the first study to evaluate the effect of a
#palliative care intervention for patients receiving potentially curative therapy: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2585978 …#PallOnc@Areejmd@tomleblancMD - 1 more reply
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It’s not only for cancer, though, is it?
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Palliative Care prolongs survival, it is not about dying, it is about living as well as possible.http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1000678 …
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Life is palliative. Live as long and well as possible
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