Pushed Into Palliative Care; Shady BioTech Trades; A Statin Surprise
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More hosps offer palliative and medical care to elderly at home – ET…
Kochi: To cater to the city’s aging population, more hospitals here are now trying to ensure that palliative care and medical help reaches…
Parents’ Goals for Pediatric Palliative Care Change Over Time
Parents of children in palliative care placed the highest value on the child's…
Is ICUConnect App Helping Clinicians Address Unmet Palliative Care?
The study was conducted with 43 clinicians and 111 pairs of patient/family members in six adult medical and surgical ICUs in academic and community hospitals across North Carolina.…
Withdrawal of Care Common in STEMI, but Palliative Care Is Not
PHOENIX -- Withdrawal of care was a common cause of death for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients,…
Palliative Care No Boon for Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery for Cancer
Specialist palliative care did not improve quality of life for patients…
Opinion | Atul Gawande on the Importance of Palliative Care
In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, chats with author and surgeon Atul…
Nurse-Led Palliative Care Boosts Advance Care Planning
Lori Solomon
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nurse-led primary palliative care increases advance care planning (ACP) uptake among patients…
Opinion | Love, Loss, and Loyalty in Palliative Care
"I just can't. I can't," Wendy, an RN, sobbed into my hair.
We barely made it…
Palliative RT Reduces Pain in Advanced Liver Cancer
Single-fraction radiation therapy (RT) reduced hepatic pain among most patients with end-stage…