Benefits of Early Palliative Care Integration in a Day Care Program: The Patients' Perspective.

The aim of this study is to present the experiences of cancer patients who participate in a social model palliative day care program (PDCP). This is the first research study that evaluates early integration of PDCP, from the patients' perspective, in Central and Eastern Europe. A descriptive qualitative study using five focus groups was conducted with patients cared by Hospice Casa Sperantei Foundation (HCS) in Brasov, Romania.