“Carbon Footprint and Indirect Costs of Displacement for Advanced Cancer Patients: A Call for Telepalliative Care”

Soraya Camargo Ito Süffert, Raquel Prado Thomaz, João Luiz de Souza Hopf, Felipe Gropelli, Gustavo Gabriel de Oliveira, Anderson da Silveira Gonçalves, Rafael José Vargas Alves, Claudia Giuliano Bica, Graduate Program of Pathology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre , Porto Alegre, Department of Palliative Medicine , Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre - RSl, Undergraduate Program in Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre , Porto Alegre, Hospital Santa Rita, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre , Porto Alegre, National Institute for Health Technology Assessment-IATS, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Published online on May 17, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print.
IntroductionProviding palliative care to patients reduces the need for aggressive treatment, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits, thus decreasing the need for patient transportation.ObjectiveTo estimate the amount of carbon emissions and indirect ...