title: Can we do better in end-of-life care? The mixed management model and palliative care.
abstract: The increasing duration of life from disease diagnosis to death in cancer and chronic non-malignant illnesses argues for a revised approach to end-of-life care that incorporates the principles of palliative care from an earlier stage (ie, a stage at which curative and/or life-prolonging treatments are still being provided). The provision of active treatment and comfort measures/death preparation in parallel has been called the "mixed management model" of end-of life care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Glare
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Virik
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D019468:Disease Management; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011639:Public Opinion; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000628:therapy; D013038:Specialization; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards