End of life care disparities reported among several developed nations
1. Among patients older than 65 years of age who died with cancer in 2010, rates of end-of-life acute hospitalization ...
Tag: end-of-life care
Withholding and withdrawing care viewed as different among Asian intensivists
1. This survey of Asian intensive care unit physicians’ attitudes towards end of life care showed that, for patients who ...
Shared decision-making may be limited in PICU end-of-life discussions
1. In 47 end-of-life discussions recorded at 2 Dutch PICUs, most physicians communicated information regarding the situation, treatment, prognosis, options, ...
Palliative chemotherapy associated with more ICU treatment at end-of-life
Image: PD 1. Palliative chemotherapy for terminally ill patients was associated to more intensive care in the last week of ...
Parents define children’s oncology-related palliation and pain relief [Pediatrics Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. When interviews with parents who lost children to cancer were compared to patient hospital records, researchers found ...