Tag: Palliative care

A survey and interview study alongside the MABEL trial finds 92% of clinicians view morphine for chronic breathlessness as part ...

A case report describes a 71-year-old woman with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who received home-based neuropalliative care guided by validated assessment ...

A national qualitative study in England finds that barriers to bereavement support for ethnically diverse communities lie mainly in how ...

A retrospective cohort study of 90 children with advanced cancer found KPS and PPS most promising for short-term mortality prediction, ...

A systematic review of 154 U.S. records finds that access to end-of-life care for psychiatrically incapacitated patients depends most on ...

A 75-year-old man's bilateral lung opacities temporarily improved with immunosuppressive treatment, but autopsy later revealed lung metastases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Researchers in Zunyi developed and validated a 25-item questionnaire measuring cancer patients' cognition, attitudes, and preferences regarding life and death ...

An international observational study of 80 advanced cancer patients finds that palliative sedation is typically prompted by multiple interacting refractory ...

Post-hoc analyses of the Swedish MISTRAL trial show that body image distress and weight worries increased significantly in both women ...

A cross-sectional survey of 428 patient-caregiver dyads found that primary caregivers of older adults with hematologic malignancies reported significantly higher ...

Interviews and focus groups with 27 Chickasaw Nation participants reveal that misconceptions about hospice, cultural expectations of family caregiving, and ...

A nationwide cross-sectional survey of 492 Italian adults with chronic pain found that 28% received no specific pain therapy despite ...

A cross-sectional survey of 111 oncology professionals in 10 Pakistani cities found widespread financial barriers, unevenly reported advanced diagnostics and ...

ASTRO’s first bladder cancer guideline recommends trimodal therapy as a curative option for selected patients and defines radiation roles after ...

A descriptive communication analysis of printable POLST forms across 51 U.S. jurisdictions finds that CPR orders are made visible and ...

A multicenter qualitative study identified differences in palliative care and oncology team relationships that may mechanistically affect end-of-life outcomes for ...

A qualitative evaluation involving 25 participants from seven Australian palliative care services associated the SPHERE-Stanford program with stronger quality-improvement capability ...

A qualitative study of 17 nurses at one Nigerian tertiary hospital found that end-of-life care for terminally ill older patients ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of sixteen studies finds that nurse-led digital health interventions in palliative care significantly improve family ...

A Viewpoint in the Journal of General Internal Medicine documents how a dying woman's documented wishes for comfort-focused care could ...