Physicians slightly more likely to die at home or hospice
1. In this cross-sectional study, physicians were slightly more likely to die at home or in hospice than both the ...
Tag: end-of-life care
Palliative care from a specialist palliative physician is associated with less aggressive end-of-life interventions in young adults
1. In this cohort of adolescents and young adults (AYAs), getting palliative care from a specialist palliative physician is associated ...
Joint inpatient palliative care approaches may reduce length of stay in intensive care units
1. A joint Inpatient palliative Care (IPC) approach was effective at reducing patients' time in the intensive care unit (ICU) ...
Mobile application communication may improve palliative care needs met in critically ill patients
1. Families randomized to having access to a mobile application that allowed them to communicate needs with intensive care unit ...
#VisualAbstract: Effect of perioperative palliative care on health-related quality of life among patients undergoing surgery for cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, early integration of palliative care among patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers undergoing curative-intent ...
Effect of perioperative palliative care on health-related quality of life among patients undergoing surgery for cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, early integration of palliative care among patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers undergoing curative-intent ...
Three-step support strategy reduces prolonged grief in relatives after death of intensive care unit patients
1. Grief measured at 6 months following the patient’s death was significantly lower in relatives in the intervention groups compared ...
The 3 Wishes Project: a valuable program to improve end-of-life care
1. The 3 Wishes Project (3WP), which strives to provide humanistic care and honor the dignity of end-of-life (EOL) patients, ...
Quick Take: Low rates of specialized cancer consultation and cancer-directed therapy for noncurable pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Eighty percent of patients with advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma are not candidates for surgical resection and require noncurative therapy, ...
Survey-based priming intervention linked to improved communication and goals-of-care discussions amongst patient-clinician pairs
1. Goals-of-care (GOC) discussions were linked to improved patient outcomes and reduction of intensity in end-of-life care. The current study ...
