Transitions to palliative care: Defining evidence-based transition points to palliative care for people with advanced cancer and their families
Aim
To define evidence-based transition points whereby engagement with palliative care should occur in the illness trajectory of people with particular advanced cancers.
Research Overview
People with cancer experience increasing symptoms and concerns as their disease progresses. Palliative care services can improve their quality of life, yet are often accessed late in the illness course, meaning missed opportunities for symptom management and care planning. This project aims to improve the equity of access to palliative care for people with cancer and their families. Statewide population health care and survival data, and interviews with patients and their carers and health professionals will be used to define optimal transition points whereby engagement with palliative care should occur for people with particular advanced cancers.
Project Team
- Ms Anna Collins , Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
- A/Prof Jennifer Philip, Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
- Prof Peter Hudson, Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
- Prof David Currow, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University.
- Prof Meinir Krishnasamy, Cancer Experiences Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.
- A/Prof Vijaya Sundararajan, Department of Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital & the University of Melbourne.
- Prof David Ritchie, Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- A/Prof Linda Mileshkin, Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
- A/Prof Jeremy Millar, Radiation Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne
- A/Prof Brian Le, Palliative Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Key Contact
Name: Anna Collins
Email: anna.collins@svha.org.au
Funding Source
Victorian Cancer Agency: Early Career Seed Grant
Key Publications
Not yet published - ongoing