Specialist Palliative Care Consultation for Patients with Nonmalignant Pulmonary Diseases: A Retrospective Study.

Hanna Pihlaja Heidi A RantalaSirpa Leivo-KorpelaLauri LehtimäkiJuho T LehtoReetta P Piili

Published in: Palliative medicine reports (2023)

Specialist palliative care consultation seems to enable better end-of-life care and supports shared decision making for patients with nonmalignant pulmonary diseases. Therefore, palliative care consultations should be utilized in nonmalignant pulmonary diseases preferably before the last days of life.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
pulmonary hypertension
primary care
general practice