The Birmingham international workshop on supportive, palliative and end of life care research

Hagen, Neil A., Addington-Hall, Julia, Sharpe, Michael, Richardson, Alison and Cleeland, Charles S. (2006) The Birmingham international workshop on supportive, palliative and end of life care research. Cancer, 107 (4), 874-881. (doi:10.1002/cncr.22067).

Abstract

Should there be more international collaboration in research into supportive, palliative, and end-of-life care? Early in 2005, administrators from the U.K.'s National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) began to discuss the feasibility of supporting multinational efforts to strengthen research activities in supportive, palliative, and end-of-life care. Their objective was to catalyze high-quality research that would improve this component of care for patients with cancer or other chronic illnesses. To inform their discussions, they called together a group of investigators with like interests across the 3 countries to review the progress to date in strategic development of research in these areas and to make recommendations for further action. The International Symposium on Supportive, Palliative, and End of Life Care (the Symposium) was held October 5 and 6, 2005 in Birmingham, England.

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Author: Alison Richardson

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