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Palliative care specialists’ perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: findings from a qualitative study

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Haematological malignancies (leukaemias, lymphomas and myeloma) are complex cancers that are relatively common, affect all ages and have divergent outcomes. Although the symptom burden of these diseases is comparable to other cancers, patients do not access specialist palliative care (SPC) services as often as those with other cancers. To determine the reasons for this, we asked SPC practitioners about their perspectives regarding the barriers and facilitators influencing haematology patient referrals

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English

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Oncology

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BMC Palliative Care (2018) 17:33

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