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Results: Overall response rate ( n\u00a0=\u00a0270) was 30%. Place of care: Only 35% of medical oncologists would consider care at home for a patient with reversible delirium compared with 66% of other specialists. Investigations: 85% specialists would order basic bloods, however, medical oncologists were more likely to use oxygen saturation and head computed tomography, psychogeriatricians more likely to order thyroid function and palliative medicine specialists less likely to order chest X-ray and urine culture. Greater than 40% of specialists would do no investigations for terminal delirium. Treatment: Medical oncologists use more pre-emptive therapies and more likely to use a benzodiazepine as agent of choice, and Palliative medicine specialists used significantly more neuroleptics to treat hypoactive symptoms of delirium. Discussion: The survey emphasise significant areas of variability in the management of delirium in advanced cancer. 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