JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Review Meta Analysis
Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
The use of palliative care programs and the number of trials assessing their effectiveness have increased. ⋯ In this meta-analysis, palliative care interventions were associated with improvements in patient QOL and symptom burden. Findings for caregiver outcomes were inconsistent. However, many associations were no longer significant when limited to trials at low risk of bias, and there was no significant association between palliative care and survival.