What Is the Role of Palliative Care in Outpatient Oncology?
Palliative care should be viewed as a supportive element of care for patients with chronic illnesses at all stages of their disease.
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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care
Private equity firms are transforming hospice care and might be jeopardizing patient care in the process.
Outpatient Palliative Care Improves Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization
NP-delivered, home-based prepalliative care improves end-of-life planning and decreases hospital and emergency department visits.
Assessing Priorities in End-of-Life Care for Children With Cancer
In a study of end-of-life care for children with cancer, healthcare resource use measures were seen as less important than were patient-reported outcomes.
Why Are Referrals to Palliative Care Delayed?
APP discusses the benefits of early integration of palliative care in patients with cancer as well as chronic heart, lung, and neurologic diseases.
Palliative Care Explored for Long-Term Neurological Conditions
For patients with long-term neurological conditions, a short-term integrated palliative care intervention does not alter palliative care outcomes.
Palliative Care: Now More Essential than Ever
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to palliative care teams.
AGS Survey Reveals Mixed Opinions on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Researchers administered a survey to members of the American Geriatrics Society to better understand their views on physician-assisted suicide.
Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces End-of-Life ICU Stays
Implementation of hospital-based palliative care service was associated with a 10% reduction in ICU use, lowering healthcare costs and improving quality of death for terminal patients.
Few Critical Care Nurses Feel Competent in Providing Palliative Care
Moral distress levels vary with perceived use of care; higher levels of distress seen with less frequent use.
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