Development and initial validation of a palliative care readiness (PALCARE) tool for older adults with cancer: Study protocol

• Jyotsana Parajuli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jyotsana Parajuli, Zhuo Job Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jparajul@charlotte.edu

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-053X

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• Zhuo Job Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jyotsana Parajuli, Zhuo Job Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0839-1627

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• Regine M. Smith ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Liliana M. Hernandez ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Savannah Norris ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Sarah Rutledge ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Grant Williams ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Marie Bakitas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Simon Hsiang

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RMS, LMH, SN, SR, GW, MB and SH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

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