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Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions.

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Patel, MN; Nicolla, JM; Friedman, FAP; Ritz, MR; Kamal, AH
Published in: JCO Oncol Pract
December 2020

Patients with advanced cancer and their families frequently encounter clinical and logistical challenges related to end-of-life care. Hospice provides interdisciplinary and holistic care to meet patients' biomedical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs in the last phases of life. Despite increasing general acceptance and use among patients with cancer, hospice remains underused. Underuse stems from ongoing misconceptions regarding hospice and its purpose, coupled with the rapid development of novel anticancer treatments, such as immunotherapies and targeted therapies, that have changed the landscape of possibilities. Furthermore, rapid evolutions in how end-of-life care is structured and reimbursed for will affect how oncology patients will intersect with hospice care. In this review, we explore the current and future challenges to greater integration of hospice care in the care of patients with advanced cancer and propose five recommendations as part of the path forward.

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JCO Oncol Pract

DOI

EISSN

2688-1535

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

16

Issue

12

Start / End Page

803 / 809

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Terminal Care
  • Neoplasms
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Humans
  • Hospices
  • Hospice Care
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
 

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Patel, M. N., Nicolla, J. M., Friedman, F. A. P., Ritz, M. R., & Kamal, A. H. (2020). Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions. JCO Oncol Pract, 16(12), 803–809. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.20.00309
Patel, Mihir N., Jonathan M. Nicolla, Fred A. P. Friedman, Michala R. Ritz, and Arif H. Kamal. “Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions.JCO Oncol Pract 16, no. 12 (December 2020): 803–9. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.20.00309.
Patel MN, Nicolla JM, Friedman FAP, Ritz MR, Kamal AH. Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 Dec;16(12):803–9.
Patel, Mihir N., et al. “Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions.JCO Oncol Pract, vol. 16, no. 12, Dec. 2020, pp. 803–09. Pubmed, doi:10.1200/OP.20.00309.
Patel MN, Nicolla JM, Friedman FAP, Ritz MR, Kamal AH. Hospice Use Among Patients With Cancer: Trends, Barriers, and Future Directions. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 Dec;16(12):803–809.

Published In

JCO Oncol Pract

DOI

EISSN

2688-1535

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

16

Issue

12

Start / End Page

803 / 809

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Terminal Care
  • Neoplasms
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Humans
  • Hospices
  • Hospice Care
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis