RT Book, Section A1 Reddy, Akhila A1 Hui, David A1 Bruera, Eduardo A2 Kantarjian, Hagop M. A2 Wolff, Robert A. A2 Rieber, Alyssa G. SR Print(0) ID 1190840325 T1 Integrated Outpatient Supportive Care T2 The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 4e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260467642 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190840325 RD 2024/03/28 AB KEY CONCEPTSInterdisciplinary palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and families by focusing on alleviation of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual distress.The literature consists of a variety of outpatient palliative care models with different team composition, the timing of referral, and the place of delivery.Outpatient palliative care provided by an interdisciplinary team and earlier in the disease trajectory is generally more beneficial than that provided by a single discipline or later in the disease trajectory.Automatic referrals to palliative care can increase both the volume and timeliness of referral.Standalone clinics are more suitable for larger centers than multiple embedded clinics.Ultimately, no one model fits all, and each institution needs to determine the optimal model based on patient population, infrastructure, staff, and resource availability.