Challenging the Framework for Evidence in Palliative Care Research
Document Type
Journal Article
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine / WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care
RAS ID
3649
Abstract
This paper examines the debate about best evidence within the public health literature and proposes that similar arguments and concerns exist with respect to use of current evidence-based approaches to implementing research and evaluating the literature in palliative care. Whilst randomized controlled trials (RCTs) remain the gold standard and are appropriate in many instances of palliative care research, there is a need for an alternate research design framework that incorporates contextual and compositional effects pertinent to palliative care research. A framework, entitled Equity-Based Evidence, is discussed as an approach to evidence-based knowledge development in palliative care.
DOI
10.1191/0269216305pm1057oa
Comments
Aoun, S. M., & Kristjanson, L. J. (2005). Challenging the framework for evidence in palliative care research. Palliative Medicine, 19(6), 461-465. Available here