Outi Akrén
Professor of Palliative Medicine
Center of Palliative Medicine, TUH outhir@utu.fi |
End-of-life care, cancer, palliative medicine, teaching, development of palliative medicine services
Clinical research in palliative medicine, focusing on the end-of-life care of cancer patients.
- 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
- A New Curriculum for Palliative Undergraduate Medical Education in Finland: A Qualitative Documentary Analysis (2026)
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- 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
- Medical Undergraduate Students' Attitudes and Views After Palliative Medicine Curriculum Reform: A Mixed-Methods Study (2026)
- Palliative Medicine Reports
- 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
- 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
- Assessing Quality of Life in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer in a Prospective Single-Center Observational Study (2025)
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- 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
- Eri syöpien ominaispiirteet sairauden levinneessä vaiheessa (2025) Palliatiivnen hoito Akrén, Outi; Miinalainen, Sofia
- Lapsi ja vanhemman kuolema - terveydenhuollon rooli lapsen tukemisessa (2025)
- Duodecim



