When to initiate early palliative care? Challenges faced by healthcare providers

Joel Vieira Vitorino; Beatriz Veiga Duarte; Carlos Laranjeira

doi:10.3389/fmed.2023.1220370

When to initiate early palliative care? Challenges faced by healthcare providers

Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Oct 2:10:1220370. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1220370. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Joel Vieira Vitorino^{1

2}, Beatriz Veiga Duarte², Carlos Laranjeira^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, Morro do Lena, Alto do Vieiro, Leiria, Portugal.
² Palliative Care Unit, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
³ Centre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
⁴ Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.

No abstract available

Keywords: assessment; communication; education; healthcare providers; palliative care; patient-centered care; referral; resources.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020) and under the Scientific Employment Stimulus—Institutional Call—[CEECINST/00051/2018].