Explore the latest in end-of-life care, including hospice and palliative care, estimating prognosis, palliative sedation, and more.
In this narrative medicine essay, a third-year medical student who chose hospice for her infant with a life-limiting condition considers her uncertainty about whether the family may have extended their brief time together through medical intervention.
This Viewpoint discusses Medicare coverage regarding hospice care for patients receiving dialysis at the end of life.
This survey study evaluates the ideal vs actual timing of palliative care integration for children with cancer and assesses barriers to early integration identified by physicians in Latin America.
In this essay, the author recounts caring for a patient from primary care clinic to hospice referral and attending the patient’s funeral.
This randomized clinical trial assesses the impact of behavioral nudges to clinicians on the rate of serious illness conversations and end-of-life outcomes among patients at high risk of death.
This cohort study assesses the association of an intervention to increase social work staffing in Veterans Health Administration primary care teams with use of palliative care among veterans with a recent hospitalization.
In this narrative medicine essay, a hospice and palliative care social worker describes the expressions of love she and her mother shared in the last days of her mother’s life.
This qualitative study examines how patient spokespersons distinguish surrogate decision-making from patient advocacy.
This Viewpoint discusses the pitfalls of failure-to-rescue metrics and importance of palliative care within surgical care.
This cohort study measures the adherence to the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) palliative care guidelines among patients with serious illness at a level I trauma center in the United States.
This randomized clinical trial examine the efficacy of computer-tailored print feedback (CTPF), motivational interviewing (MI), and motivational enhancement therapy (MET) on completion of a set of advance care planning activities, each as compared with usual care.
This cohort study evaluates the rate of systemic anticancer therapy use among patients dying of cancer.
This cross-sectional study evaluates the frequency with which US residents die in the emergency department or within 1 month of vising the emergency department.
This survey study uses self-reported response data from advanced practice professionals (ie, nurse practitioners and physician assistants) in a single Washington State cancer center to assess their willingness to participate in prescribing or consulting for medical aid in dying.
This retrospective cross-sectional analysis compares the use of concurrent dialysis and hospice by payer among US veterans with end-stage kidney disease and examines the association with length of stay.
This cohort study examines the association between state regulations supportive of third-party services and the likelihood of assisted living residents in the US dying in place.
This qualitative study characterizes words used to discuss death in meetings between clinicians and parents of critically ill infants and examines differences in the way clinicians and family members refer to death.
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