How do we interpret the answer "Neither" when physicians ask patients with cancer "Are you depressed or not?".

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic tools are available to predict if terminally ill cancer patients have days or weeks to live. Tools for predicting the prognosis in ambulatory patients at an earlier stage are lacking. The Number of Risk Factors (NRF) score developed in ambulatory cancer patients receiving palliative radiation ther...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Glare P,Shariff I,Thaler HT

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Securing a first job following training is an exciting and daunting task. Little formal guidance is available and trainees often find themselves confused, uncertain, and overwhelmed. This article is designed to provide a basic framework for fellows and new graduates to search for positions, apply, interview, and negot...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Weckmann MT,Block S

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cancer and its treatment can significantly affect appearance and body integrity. A number of studies have explored the impact of cancer and its treatment on body image, primarily in head and neck and breast cancer. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the construct of body image dissatisfaction and its...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Rhondali W,Chisholm GB,Filbet M,Kang DH,Hui D,Cororve Fingeret M,Bruera E

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: A broad consensus on the optimal structure, intensity, and timing of early specialist palliative care (SPC) intervention is lacking. Objective: To evaluate the benefit of an early and systematic palliative intervent...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Slama O,Pochop L,Sedo J,Svancara J,Sedova P,Svetlakova L,Demlova R,Vyzula R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that surrogate decision makers may be too optimistic about their end-of-life decision making abilities for loved ones. We examined surrogates' decision making confidence with an emphasis on its linkages to their understandings of patients' values and goals for end-of-life care. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Song MK,Ward SE,Lin FC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotic administration is frequent in terminal patients with cancer, yet the effects on survival are still under debate. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the status of infection and the benefit/burden of antibiotic administration on the survival of terminal patients with cancer with infecti...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Chih AH,Lee LT,Cheng SY,Yao CA,Hu WY,Chen CY,Chiu TY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although strong evidence supports early palliative care (PC) and consistent advance care planning (ACP) for patients with poor-prognosis Stage IV solid tumors, best practice standards have not been established for hematologic malignancies. Our primary objective was to describe current access to specialty PC ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Freeman AT,Wood WA,Fox A,Hanson LC

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:Antiemetics are being used both for the treatment and prophylaxis of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in clinical practice, despite the lack of evidence for the prophylactic benefit. Data regarding the actual status of prophylactic antiemetic use for OINV remain to be elucidated. OBJECTIVE:The obje...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Tsukuura H,Ando Y,Gyawali B,Matsumoto M,Sugishita M,Honda K,Urakawa H,Maeda O,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caring for a child with a potentially fatal medical condition is a challenge for parents or caregivers. The ability to measure parental self-efficacy in pediatric palliative care may be an important component of targeting supportive services that address individual needs of families. Therefore, the goal was to develop...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bingen K,Kupst MJ,Himelstein B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current evidence indicates that patients with hematological malignancies are less likely to receive input from specialist palliative care services compared to those with solid tumors. AIM:We aimed to analyze data for referrals to our palliative care service, in order to assess trends in the number and propo...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Corbett CL,Johnstone M,Trauer JM,Spruyt O

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced cancer can erode patients' wellbeing. Narrative interventions have improved patients' wellbeing, but might not be feasible for widespread implementation. OBJECTIVES:(1) Test the effects of miLivingStory, a telephone-based life review and illness narrative intervention with online resources and soci...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Wise M,Marchand LR,Roberts LJ,Chih MY

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: This study examines communication profiles and associated attitudes toward health care professionals in interviews with family caregivers of hospitalized patients with confirmed multidrug-resistant organisms (e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Peters J,Dykes N,Heckel M,Ostgathe C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of suffering is now recognized as an essential component of medical care. By referring to this treatment as "palliative care," however, we diminish its importance. In this essay, we propose a shift in our conception of the treatment of suffering and advocate for the use of a new term: "palliative treatme...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kon AA,Ablin AR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience distressing symptoms that can undermine quality of life (QoL) and treatment adherence. Complementary health approaches are known to help manage symptoms of chronic conditions and may have therapeutic benefits...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Von Visger TT,Thrane SE,Klatt MD,Dabbs AD,Chlan LL,Tan A,Happ MB

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospice provides intensive end-of-life care to patients and their families delivered by an interdisciplinary team of nurses, aides, chaplains, social workers, and physicians. Significant gaps remain about how team members respond to diverse needs of patients and families, especially in the last week of life....

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Ellington L,Clayton MF,Reblin M,Cloyes K,Beck AC,Harrold JK,Harris P,Casarett D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of patient-directed electronic messages on health care proxy (HCP) use. DESIGN:Randomized control trial using an electronic message intervention to encourage patients to complete an HCP document. SETTING:General medical practice at a large tertiary care teaching institution. PARTICIP...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Cintron A,Phillips R,Hamel MB

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regardless of the payer and the period studied the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly ranged from 21% to 40%. OBJECTIVE:To look at potentially inappropriate prescribing in a group of Medicare+Choice beneficiaries in their last year of life (LYOL) in a large national manage...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Fahlman C,Lynn J,Finch M,Doberman D,Gabel J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of emergent palliative surgery in the setting of advanced malignancy remains a subject of controversy. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify clinical predictors of outcome in patients with cancer who undergo nonelective abdominal surgery. SETTING/SUBJECTS:Individuals who underwent ur...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Roses RE,Tzeng CW,Ross MI,Fournier KF,Abbott DE,You YN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is heightened emphasis on teaching end-of-life (EOL) care in the medical school curriculum, but a relative paucity of tools focused on assessing key attitudinal changes due to curricula. OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate the responsiveness of two validated measures of relevant attitudes to changes cause...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Schwartz CE,Clive DM,Mazor KM,Ma Y,Reed G,Clay M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Dyspnea is common in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients and often refractory to conventional treatment. Little is known regarding the safety of systemic morphine in ILD patients. Objective: The objective of th...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Matsuda Y,Morita T,Miyaji T,Ogawa T,Kato K,Kawaguchi T,Tokoro A,Iwase S,Yamaguchi T,Inoue Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of patients are living with multiple, chronic medical conditions and functional impairments that leave them homebound. Home-based primary and palliative care (HBPC) programs provide access to health care services for this vulnerable population. Homebound patients have high symptom burden u...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Ornstein K,Wajnberg A,Kaye-Kauderer H,Winkel G,DeCherrie L,Zhang M,Soriano T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fatigue is one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with cancer. No adequate term in Spanish has been defined to describe the English concept of fatigue. AIM:To identify the most suitable Spanish words that define the concept of fatigue and to check psychometric characteristics. METHOD:Consensus wit...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Centeno C,Portela Tejedor MA,Carvajal A,San Miguel MT,Urdiroz J,Ramos L,De Santiago A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In advanced dementia, many difficult decisions may arise as the disease progresses, including whether to use feeding by tube. Several recent articles question the benefit of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement in persons with advanced dementia. However, patients with advanced dementia are...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Shega JW,Hougham GW,Stocking CB,Cox-Hayley D,Sachs GA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify physician- and nurse-reported effects of intravenous hydration therapy on symptoms of terminally ill patients with cancer. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire survey of Japanese physicians and nurses. The respondents were requested to report their clinical observations about improvement or deter...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Morita T,Shima Y,Miyashita M,Kimura R,Adachi I,Japan Palliative Oncology Study Group.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing recognition of the value of advance care planning for children with life-limiting conditions. It is important that we acknowledge and reflect on the challenges that this work presents in order to optimize practice. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to review advance care planning for children with l...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Heckford E,Beringer AJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive information on end-of-life care in specialized palliative care settings is needed to assess the quality of care. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate medical treatments in the last two weeks of life in a national sample of palliative care units in Japan. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sato K,Miyashita M,Morita T,Tsuneto S,Shima Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients receiving hospice or palliative care often receive antimicrobial therapy; however the effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy for symptom management in these patients is unknown. OBJECTIVE:The study's objective was to systematically review and summarize existing data on the prevalence and effectiven...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Rosenberg JH,Albrecht JS,Fromme EK,Noble BN,McGregor JC,Comer AC,Furuno JP

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans in the United States have worse end-of-life care and cancer outcomes than whites. Palliative care may improve this disparity. Community Health Workers may provide a means to improve palliative care disparities. METHODS:Semistructured in-depth interviews (five) and stakeholder focus groups ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Johnston FM,Neiman JH,Parmley LE,Conca-Cheng A,Freund KM,Concannon TW,Smith TJ,Cooper LA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00