Why research palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care?
06/30/25 at 03:00 AM
Why research palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care?
Oxford Academic; by David C Currow, Nancy Preston; 5/25
[Chapter 1 in Research Methods in Palliative, Supportive, and End-of-Life Care, Second edition.] It is crucial that clinical practice and public policy in palliative care are based upon the most robust research. In palliative care, the benefits of interventions offered have been systematically overestimated, and their harms underestimated. High-quality evidence is needed that directly informs practice by understanding how patients and carers experience palliative care and how best to respond to their feedback.