title: [Palliative care: an example of Comparative Effectiveness Research?].
abstract: Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) seeks to establish treatment objectives and concepts striving to achieve patient relevant progress in therapy on the basis of published evidence. Using the example of palliative medicine and palliative care, respectively, it will be demonstrated that these two are under-researched areas of care. In addition, it will become clear that the success of this interdisciplinary treatment concept for the seriously ill must be weighed in the light of traditional clinical research - far beyond the cancer diagnosis. The current distinction between curative and palliative research and care urgently needs to be reconsidered.
authors.affiliation: Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Institut für Public Health und Pflegeforschung. Schmacke@uni-bremen.de
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schmacke
mesh_terms: D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States