Last Updated : December 22, 2023
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FilesProject Status:
Completed
Project Line:
Horizon Scan
Project Sub Line:
Health Technology Update
Project Number:
EN0053-000
Why Is This an Issue?
- End-of-life care provides support for patients and their families during the last stage of life. End-of-life conversations aim to help people better understand their disease prognosis and expected survival, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding end-of-life care.
- Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms and improving quality of life for patients with serious or life-threatening diseases. Approximately 89% of patients with life-limiting diseases, such as cancer, can benefit from palliative care. However, not all patients receive it in a timely manner.
- Due in part to prognostic uncertainty and optimism bias, end-of-life planning conversations and palliative care decisions do not occur early enough to have maximum benefit. Interventions that aim to prompt or help identify those patients who can benefit from palliative and/or end-of-life planning could improve the quality of care.
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Last Updated : December 22, 2023