Palliative care needs in hospitalized cancer patients: a 5-year follow-up study.
Anna SandgrenP StrangPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2017)
Acute care hospitals still play an important role for patients requiring palliative care. Symptoms and care needs were not strongly associated with specific diagnoses. Therefore, symptoms, rather than the specific cancer diagnoses, should be the focus of care.