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[Palliative care: an example of Comparative Effectiveness Research?].
1Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Institut für Public Health und Pflegeforschung. Schmacke@uni-bremen.de
Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen
|September 18, 2012
Summary
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) highlights under-researched palliative care. Reconsidering the distinction between curative and palliative research is crucial for patient progress in serious illness.
Area of Science:
- Medical research
- Health services research
- Palliative care
Background:
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) aims to define treatment goals for patient-centered progress using existing evidence.
- Palliative medicine and palliative care are identified as significantly under-researched areas within healthcare.
- The need for robust research in palliative care extends beyond cancer diagnoses to encompass all seriously ill patients.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate that palliative medicine and palliative care are under-researched.
- To advocate for a re-evaluation of the traditional separation between curative and palliative research and care.
- To highlight the importance of CER in advancing patient-relevant outcomes in serious illness.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of existing literature and research frameworks.
- Case study approach using palliative medicine and palliative care examples.
- Conceptual analysis of traditional clinical research versus interdisciplinary care models.
Main Results:
- Palliative medicine and palliative care are confirmed as under-researched domains.
- The success of interdisciplinary palliative care requires assessment beyond traditional clinical research paradigms.
- Current distinctions between curative and palliative research are deemed inadequate.
Conclusions:
- There is an urgent need to reconsider the dichotomy between curative and palliative research and care.
- CER principles should be applied more broadly to under-researched areas like palliative care.
- Advancing patient-relevant progress in serious illness necessitates a unified research approach.
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