Cohen S R, MacNeil C, Mount B M
Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Cancer Prev Control. 1997 Dec;1(5):343-51.
This article reviews the scientific literature in several areas important to the delivery of palliative care: multicultural issues, education, comprehensive outcome measures and ethics. Most of the research can be classified as fundamental rather than intervention research according to the Cancer Control Framework of the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Desired outcomes of interventions are most often defined from the health care professional's perspective but need to be defined from the patient's perspective. In areas such as multicultural issues and the effect of the volunteer on the patient, there is almost no research. The complexity of studying the best way to deliver palliative care would benefit from the input of colleagues who have experience addressing these issues in other patient populations.
多元文化问题、教育、综合结果测量和伦理学。根据加拿大国家癌症研究所的癌症控制框架，大多数研究可归类为基础研究而非干预性研究。干预措施的预期结果通常是从医疗保健专业人员的角度来定义的，但需要从患者的角度来定义。在多元文化问题以及志愿者对患者的影响等领域，几乎没有相关研究。研究提供姑息治疗的最佳方式的复杂性，将受益于在其他患者群体中处理这些问题有经验的同事的投入。
