Integration of Oncology and Palliative Care, a Forgotten Indicator: Shared Decision-Making.

A review article addressing the integration of oncology and palliative care is missing an important indicator: shared decision-making in patient care between oncologists and the palliative care team.

[Use of a standard format to describe the activity of hospital-based palliative care team: a lever for improving end of life care].

Introduction: Early integrated palliative care is recommended in patients with incurable disease. Despite their development, hospital-based palliative care teams (PCT) are introduced late in the course of standard oncology care. The objective of this study is to describe the activity of an academic hospital-based PCT, using a standard format, which integrates indicators of early introduction and quality of end of life care, thus allowing a systematic analysis of its practice.