Care in which patients are provided with palliative care treatments and at the same time (simultaneously) are enrolled in clinial trials.
Simultaneous Care is a system of care that enhances patient choice by allowing patients and families to have access at the same time to two beneficial options.
This care approach optimizes hospice and palliative care goals of treatment while at the same time offering patients with advanced cancer access to new and potentially better therapies.
Most Scientific Definition
An approach designed to optimize palliative care goals while supporting the clinical research mission of offering patients with advanced cancer new and potentially better therapeutic interventions.
A system of care that enhances patient choice by allowing patients and families to have concurrent access to two beneficial options.
The simultaneous application of palliative care and disease directed therapy to treat patients.
Also known as: Progressive palliative care
Sources:
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Meyers FJ, Linder J, Beckett L, Christensen S, Blais J, Gandara DR. Simultaneous care: a model approach to the perceived conflict between investigational therapy and palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004 Dec;28(6):548-56.
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