Outi Akrén
Professor of Palliative Medicine
Center of Palliative Medicine, TUH outhir@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9037-0557 |
Areas of expertise
End-of-life care, cancer, palliative medicine, teaching, development of palliative medicine services
End-of-life care, cancer, palliative medicine, teaching, development of palliative medicine services
Research community or research topic
Clinical research in palliative medicine, focusing on the end-of-life care of cancer patients.
Clinical research in palliative medicine, focusing on the end-of-life care of cancer patients.
Publications 
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- Access to specialist palliative care and health care service utilization during the final year of life among patients with kidney disease (2026)
- Clinical Kidney Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A New Curriculum for Palliative Undergraduate Medical Education in Finland: A Qualitative Documentary Analysis (2026)
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessing the Impact of Specialist Palliative Care on Healthcare Utilisation at the End of Life Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: A Nationwide Register‐Based Cohort Study (2026)
- Cancer Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Medical Undergraduate Students' Attitudes and Views After Palliative Medicine Curriculum Reform: A Mixed-Methods Study (2026)
- Palliative Medicine Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Association of Palliative Care Decision on Secondary Health Care Utilization and Cancer Treatment at the End of Life Among Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Study (2026)
- Health services insights
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Impact of Early Palliative Care Decisions on Hospital Service Utilization and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer—A Retrospective Study (2026)
- Journal of Palliative Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessing Quality of Life in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer in a Prospective Single-Center Observational Study (2025)
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early palliative care decision in patients with primary brain tumor reduces emergency department visits and hospitalization at the end of life (2025)
- Journal of Neuro-Oncology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eri syöpien ominaispiirteet sairauden levinneessä vaiheessa (2025) Palliatiivnen hoito Akrén, Outi; Miinalainen, Sofia
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Lapsi ja vanhemman kuolema - terveydenhuollon rooli lapsen tukemisessa (2025)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
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