Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Concurrent Palliative Oncology Care: Patient Outcomes in the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial

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Examines the effects of early versus delayed palliative care, the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) model. ENABLE has shown to be an effective telehealth model particularly for patients with advanced stages of cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life, symptoms, temperament, survival rate, and hospital and clinical care use.

Marie A. Bakitas, Tor D. Tosteson, Zhigang Li, et al.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(13), 1438-1445

05/2015

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Access · Cancer · Hospice and palliative care · Informal caregivers · Mortality · Statistics and data · Telehealth