Limited knowledge, high interest in pediatric advanced directives among caregivers
1. Half (49.2%) of parents and caregivers of chronically ill children had interest in creating advanced directives (ADs) for their ...
Tag: palliative care
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 ...
Symptomatic relief possible with surgery for metastatic bowel obstruction
Image: PD 1. Palliative operative intervention to relieve metastatic bowel obstruction can result in symptom relief, resumption of eating and ...
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 ...
