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Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators.

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Cox, CE; Ashana, DC; Khandelwal, N; Kamal, AH; Engelberg, RA
Published in: J Pain Symptom Manage
June 2022

Palliative care research is deeply challenging for many reasons, not the least of which is the conceptual and operational difficulty of measuring outcomes within a seriously ill population such as critically ill patients and their family members. This manuscript describes how Randy Curtis and his network of collaborators successfully confronted some of the most vexing outcomes measurement problems in the field, and by so doing, have enhanced clinical care and research alike. Beginning with a discussion of the clinical challenges of measurement in palliative care, we then discuss a selection of the novel measures developed by Randy and his collaborators and conclude with a look toward the future evolution of these concepts. Randy and his foundational work, including both successes as well as the occasional near miss, have enriched and advanced the field as well as (immeasurably) impacted the work of so many others-including this manuscript's authors.

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Published In

J Pain Symptom Manage

DOI

EISSN

1873-6513

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

63

Issue

6

Start / End Page

e579 / e586

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Palliative Care
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Family
  • Critical Illness
  • Anesthesiology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Cox, C. E., Ashana, D. C., Khandelwal, N., Kamal, A. H., & Engelberg, R. A. (2022). Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators. J Pain Symptom Manage, 63(6), e579–e586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.03.012
Cox, Christopher E., Deepshikha Charan Ashana, Nita Khandelwal, Arif H. Kamal, and Ruth A. Engelberg. “Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators.J Pain Symptom Manage 63, no. 6 (June 2022): e579–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.03.012.
Cox CE, Ashana DC, Khandelwal N, Kamal AH, Engelberg RA. Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Jun;63(6):e579–86.
Cox, Christopher E., et al. “Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators.J Pain Symptom Manage, vol. 63, no. 6, June 2022, pp. e579–86. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.03.012.
Cox CE, Ashana DC, Khandelwal N, Kamal AH, Engelberg RA. Improving Outcomes Measurement in Palliative Care: The Lasting Impact of Randy Curtis and his Collaborators. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Jun;63(6):e579–e586.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pain Symptom Manage

DOI

EISSN

1873-6513

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

63

Issue

6

Start / End Page

e579 / e586

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Palliative Care
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Family
  • Critical Illness
  • Anesthesiology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences