Differing perceptions of end-of-life care in long-term care.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2011 the Palliative Care Funding Review highlighted concerns about the funding, provision, and quality of care at the end of life. Two years on, an independent review of the Liverpool Care Pathway--prompted by a storm of negative media coverage--has raised concerns around a lack of funding, availability o...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kinghorn P,Coast J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Legacy-making (i.e., a way for patients with terminal illness to create or do something for others as a means of remembrance) is rising in popularity in palliative medicine, although only one study has examined its impact in a pediatric population. ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Schaefer MR,Spencer SK,Barnett M,Reynolds NC,Madan-Swain A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hospitals, where care is focused on cure and life prolongation, impending death is often recognized too late. Physician awareness of impending death is a prerequisite for communication with patients and relatives about dying in hospital and providing care that adequately addresses patients' needs. OBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Houttekier D,Witkamp FE,van Zuylen L,van der Rijt CC,van der Heide A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the timing of palliative care (PC) access, symptoms, and end-of-life (EOL) quality care outcomes of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) referred to outpatients embedded palliative care consults (EPC) compared with those of outpatients palliative care consults (OPC). BACKGROU...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Yennurajalingam S,Prado B,Lu Z,Naqvi S,Williams JL,Lim T,Bruera E

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Delivery of health services in the province of Ontario is organized into 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), and further into 76 LHIN subregions, making these a natural unit of comparing the regional differences in palliative care receipt among decede...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Panarella M,Saarela O,Esensoy AV,Jakda A,Liu ZA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfusion is not an exceptional circumstance in palliative cancer patients (PCPs). This makes it necessary to confront not only medical aspects but also those of infrastructure and ethical issues. On some occasions, literature needs to be consulted to work out the best approach in a patient's particular ca...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Uceda Torres ME,Rodríguez Rodríguez JN,Sánchez Ramos JL,Alvarado Gómez F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care is an evolving field with extensive studies demonstrating its benefits to patients, families, and the health care system. Many health systems have developed or are developing palliative care programs. The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP) is often asked to recommend how many pallia...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Henderson JD,Boyle A,Herx L,Alexiadis A,Barwich D,Connidis S,Lysecki D,Sinnarajah A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the United States braces for full implementation of health care reform, the eyes of the nation are on Medicaid. The large number of newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries may challenge health care resources and ultimately impact quality of care. This is a special concern among current Medicaid beneficiarie...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Lindley LC,Lyon ME

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fentanyl is a lipophilic, short-acting, synthetic opioid with a piperidine chemical structure. Fentanyl is an effective analgesic for cancer pain, and newer formulations such as the transmucosal and buccal forms have shown efficacy for the management of cancer-related breakthrough pain. This article reviews the pharma...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Prommer E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostication plays a key role in palliative care (PC). It is critical for advance care planning, determining hospice eligibility, and communication. In contrast to subjective clinical prognostication, evidence-based prognostication (EBP) uses existing validated data to quantify prognosis; however, the ext...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bruggeman AR,Heavey SF,Ma JD,Revta C,Roeland EJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Specialized home-based palliative care (HPC) services aim at reducing the number of visits to emergency departments (EDs) and hospitalizations at end of life. In addition, it offers patients the possibility to die at home. Objective: ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bergqvist J,Ljunggren G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is not known how often physicians use metaphors and analogies, or whether they improve patients' perceptions of their physicians' ability to communicate effectively. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether the use of metaphors and analogies in difficult conversations is associated w...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Casarett D,Pickard A,Fishman JM,Alexander SC,Arnold RM,Pollak KI,Tulsky JA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rash is the most common side effect of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors and negatively impacts quality of life. This single-institution study sought to explore how rash is currently managed outside a clinical trial setting and to further characterize general clinical aspects of this rash. MET...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Solomon BM,Jatoi A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have focused on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. However, to our knowledge, few have sought to examine outcomes in patients who required whole brain radiation and developed radiation-refractory disease. METHODS:This study examined the medical recor...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Spiceland CM,Olivier KR,Jatoi A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have focused on men as caregivers at the end-of-life. The objective of this secondary data analysis was to examine the experiences of men involved in end-of-life caregiving, focusing on caregiver strain. METHODS:We used a random sample of Oregon death certificates to telephone survey family care...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Fromme EK,Drach LL,Tolle SW,Ebert P,Miller P,Perrin N,Tilden VP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relief of distressful symptoms in terminally ill patients with cancer is of prime importance. Use of sedation to accomplish this has been the focus of recent medical studies in countries other than Japan. We investigated the influence on consciousness of sedative drugs in a Japanese hospice. DESIGN AND SUBJ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kohara H,Ueoka H,Takeyama H,Murakami T,Morita T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Growing evidence suggests that pediatric palliative care (PPC) teams influence the care received by children and young adults with chronic, life-limiting illnesses. Little is known about how PPC involvement affects advance care planning (ACP) and circumstances ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Harmoney K,Mobley EM,Gilbertson-White S,Brogden NK,Benson RJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Providers often use birth plans to document parents' wishes for their fetus with a life-limiting condition. Objective: The objective of the study was to (1) discover important components of a birth plan for parents ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Cortezzo DE,Bowers K,Cameron Meyer M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Systematic measurement of conversational features in the natural clinical setting is essential to better understand, disseminate, and incentivize high quality serious illness communication. Advances in machine-learning (ML) classification of human speech offer ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Durieux BN,Gramling CJ,Manukyan V,Eppstein MJ,Rizzo DM,Ross LM,Ryan AG,Niland MA,Clarfeld LA,Alexander SC,Gramling R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Young adults represent a minority in research; they are often considered too young or too old for participation. There is sparse information, especially in bereavement research, regarding how this age group perceives research participation and what they conside...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Udo C,Lövgren M,Sveen J,Bylund-Grenklo T,Alvariza A,Kreicbergs U

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Consensus has been reached on the need to integrate palliative care in the follow-up examinations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We analyzed the survival from the initiation of follow-up by a palliative home care team (PHCT) and described the needs and end-of-life process. ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Gainza-Miranda D,Sanz-Peces EM,Alonso-Babarro A,Varela-Cerdeira M,Prados-Sánchez C,Vega-Aleman G,Rodriguez-Barrientos R,Polentinos-Castro E

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In geriatrics, most risk factors associated with falls have been identified and management strategies developed accordingly. This is not the case in palliative care. The incidence rate of falls, the consequences related to falls, and other related factors were determined in elderly cancer patients hospital...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pautex S,Herrmann FR,Zulian GB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most hospice care occurs in the home, a growing number of patients utilize inpatient hospice settings. An inpatient hospice stay requires one or more transitions in care settings, although little is known about these transitions. OBJECTIVE/DESIGN:Using ethnographic methods, this study examined the ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Lysaght Hurley S,Strumpf N,Barg FK,Ersek M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) and palliative care (PC) organizations recommend early PC to improve the quality of life of patients living with HF. OBJECTIVE:We conducted a two-phase formative evaluation study to translate a cancer-focused concurrent PC intervention into one that would be appropriate for rural-dwelling...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dionne-Odom JN,Kono A,Frost J,Jackson L,Ellis D,Ahmed A,Azuero A,Bakitas M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Describe the establishment of the palliative care quality network (PCQN) with guidance on how teams can develop similar collaborations. BACKGROUND:In the current healthcare environment, palliative care (PC) teams must be able to demonstrate value and provide efficient care while supporting the clinicians who...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pantilat SZ,Marks AK,Bischoff KE,Bragg AR,O'Riordan DL

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review studies that used direct observation (i.e., videotaping or audiotaping) methods in palliative/end-of-life care communication research. DESIGN:Descriptive thematic analysis. SETTING:Multinational studies were conducted in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. MEASUREMENTS:Extensive bibliogra...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Fine E,Reid MC,Shengelia R,Adelman RD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Research on what children wished they had done differently after their sibling's death has not been reported. Objective: Examine what children wished they had/had not done, and their coping after a sibling's neonata...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Youngblut JM,Brooten D

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving the best quality of life for patients and their families when a disease becomes progressive and no longer remains responsive to curative therapy is the primary goal of palliative care. A comprehensive care plan focusing on control of physical symptoms as well as psychological, social, and spiritual issues th...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dalal S,Del Fabbro E,Bruera E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcutaneous hydration has potential advantages over intravenous. Despite studies supporting the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous hydration it has not been studied extensively to date either with or without hyaluronidase. OBJECTIVES:To compare flow rate, tolerability, and safety of gravity-driven subcuta...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Thomas JR,Yocum RC,Haller MF,von Gunten CF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Diabetes is increasingly prevalent globally, including in palliative care. Guidelines vary as to the ideal glycemic goals for patients near the end of life. The relationship between hyperglycemia and attributable symptoms late in life remains ill defined. ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kleinig PA,Woodman RJ,Currow DC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00