Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Sep 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialClinician-reported changes in octreotide prescribing for malignant bowel obstruction as a result of an adequately powered phase III study: A transnational, online survey.
Translating research evidence into clinical practice often has a long lag time. ⋯ Clinician-reported change in practice in the survey is seen in the majority of respondents. This suggests that there is a cohort of 'early adopters' within palliative care practice as new evidence becomes available.