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Showing posts with label palliative care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label palliative care. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

paywalled: Recording patient preferences for end-of-life care as an incentivized quality indicator: What do general practice staff think?

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Recording patient preferences for end-of-life care as an incentivized quality indicator: What do general practice staff think? : Introduct...
Friday, May 11, 2012

CancerWorld: Framing the argument over futile care - overdiagnose, overtreat, overpromise...media focus

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Framing the argument over futile care : We “overdiagnose, overtreat and overpromise”. This was the claim made by numerous newspaper headli...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

paywalled: What Can We Learn About the Spiritual Needs of Palliative Care Patients From the Research Literature?

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What Can We Learn About the Spiritual Needs of Palliative Care Patients From the Research Literature? Context  Spirituality is a distinct...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

End-of-life care: the neglected core business of medicine : The Lancet

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End-of-life care: the neglected core business of medicine : The Lancet
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Advanced cancer patients' self-assessed physical and emotional problems on admission and discharge from hospital general wards – a questionnaire study

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Advanced cancer patients' self-assessed physical and emotional problems on admission and discharge from hospital general wards – a quest...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Patterns of referral and knowledge of palliative radiotherapy in Alberta (and Northern Alberta and parts of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut)

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Patterns of referral and knowledge of palliative radiotherapy in Alberta [Can Fam Physician. 2012] Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

abstract: Survival Duration among Patients with a Noncancer Diagnosis Admitted to a Palliative Care Unit: A Retrospective Study

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Abstract  Background:  Palliative care unit (PCU) beds are a limited resource in Canada , so PCU admission is restricted to patien...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

open access: JCO Editorial: Palliative Sedation: When and How?

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 Palliative Sedation: When and How? ".....As with many other medical interventions, the controversy that surrounds palliative sedat...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

abstract: American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care into Standard Oncology Care

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American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care into Standard Oncology Care Abstra...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

abstract: Palliative Chemotherapy for Malignant Ascites Secondary to Ovarian Cancer

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Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2012 Palliative Chemotherapy for Malignant Ascites Secondary to Ovarian Cancer. Source College of Oste...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

abstract: Radiation Oncology Quality: Aggressiveness of Cancer Care Near the End of Life

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Radiation Oncology Quality: Aggressiveness of Cancer Care Near the End of Life Purpose Quality in cancer care is an issue that has come t...
Friday, February 24, 2012

abstract: Palliative Care Consultation Service and Palliative Care Unit: Why Do We Need Both?

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Background. Palliative care (PC) infrastructure has developed differently around the globe. Whereas some institutions consider the pall...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Karolinska Institutet - Complexities in caregiving at the end of life (re: PLOS study)

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"...The study indicates three key areas that are sometimes overlooked in palliative care, namely bodily care and contact, a secure, ae...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

open access: PLoS Medicine: Complexity in Non-Pharmacological Caregiving Activities at the End of Life: An International Qualitative Study including Editorial Summary

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including: Editors' Summary Top Background End-of-life care is a major public health issue, yet despite the inevitability of deat...

End-of-life care is complex but aims to provide care and comfort

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"...They add: "This adaptation is accomplished by using knowledge about and respect for the person as an individual with a life h...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Editorial: Full-text - For a Modern Concept of Palliative Care

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"Unfortunately, in most countries hospice care addresses end-of-life care." "....This late refe...

abstract: Palliative Medicine Fellowship: A Study of Resident Choices

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Context There are no data on the motives or characteristics of physicians choosing fellowship training in Hospice and Palliative Medic...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

JCO - open access - It Takes a Village (palliative care and end of life decisions - worth reading)

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American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care into Standard Oncology Care

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Clinical Context "Palliative care is frequently misconstrued as synonymous with end-of-life care. Palliative care is focused on the re...

abstract: A survey of gynecologic oncologists regarding the End-of-Life discussion: A pilot study

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Results. Response rate was 12.8%.  Highlights ► A survey was sent to 1105 gynecologic oncologists to evaluate practices and attitude...