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Barriers and facilitators to timely palliative care referral. Currently, there is much heterogeneity with respect to how patients with advanced cancer are being referred to specialist palliative care, resulting in low rates of referral and delayed consultations. Timely palliative care is a systematic process that is specifically designed to overcome some of the common barriers to early referral.
