Involvement of Palliative Care in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Patients and Associations with Survival and End-of-Life Outcomes.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive, and incurable cancer with a poor prognosis and high symptom burden. For these patients, little is known about the impact of palliative care consultation on outcomes such as mortality, hospital admissions, or emergency department visits. The aim of this study is to determine if referral to supportive and palliative care in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma is associated with survival and decreased hospital admissions and emergency department visits.

Involvement of palliative care in patients requesting medical assistance in dying.

Objective: To determine the level of palliative care involvement before and after medical assistance in dying (MAID) requests, and to compare the differences between those who completed MAID and those who requested but did not complete MAID.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) in Ontario.