An evidence-base for the implementation of hospital-based palliative care programs in routine cancer practice: A systematic review.

Background: Despite global support, there remain gaps in the integration of early palliative care into cancer care. The methods of implementation whereby evidence of benefits of palliative care is translated into practice deserve attention.

Aim: To identify implementation frameworks utilised in integrated palliative care in hospital-based oncology services and to describe the associated enablers and barriers to service integration.

Communication about early palliative care: A qualitative study of oncology providers' perspectives of navigating the artful introduction to the palliative care team.

Background: Despite robust evidence for the integration of early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer, many patients still access this approach to care late. Communication about the introduction of Early Palliative Care is an important skill of healthcare providers working in this setting. In the context of limited community understanding about palliative care, patients and their families may express fear or negative reactions to its early introduction.

Barriers to accessing psycho-oncological support in head and neck cancer: A qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals' perspectives.

Purpose: Disease- and treatment-related consequences in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) can result in psychological issues for which specialist psychological support, dubbed psycho-oncology, is recommended. Health and Social Care Professionals (HSCPs) function as a crucial link between survivors and these services, through onward referral pathways. However, little is known about these HSCPs' perspectives on barriers to accessing psycho-oncology in HNC.