Juliet Jacobsen

TL;DR: Among patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, early palliative care led to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood and, as compared with patients receiving standard care, patients received less aggressive care at the end of life but longer survival.

TL;DR: For patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancers, early integrated PC improved quality of life and other salient outcomes, with differential effects by cancer type.

TL;DR: An expert practice is outlined that provides a step-wise approach to cultivating prognostic awareness in patients cared for by a palliative care clinician early in the course of the patient's disease.

TL;DR: Patients who had a higher proportion of visits address treatment decisions were less likely to initiate chemotherapy or be hospitalized or use hospice in the 60 days before death and PC clinicians' focus on coping, treatment decisions, and advance care planning is associated with improved patient outcomes.

TL;DR: Initial palliative care consultation near the time of diagnosis in patients with metastatic NSCLC in this intervention is nearly an hour in length and largely addresses symptom management, patient and family coping, and illness understanding and education.