Health
Many Americans may get hospice care too late
(HealthDay)—Of the more than 1.5 million patients who received hospice care in the United States in 2013, one-third died within one week of getting it, a new report shows.
Nov 3, 2014
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News tagged with palliative care
Cardiology
Regard for patients' do-not-resuscitate wishes varies widely across cardiology programs
A study of cardiology programs indicates that patients' documented do-not-resuscitate (DNR) preferences are often suspended while they undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. Moreover, the duration ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Medications
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine
It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the ...
Dec 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to talk about death and dying: Taking taboo from those dreaded conversations
Our reluctance to think, talk or communicate about death is even more pronounced when we deal with others' loss compared to our own, new research finds, but either way we tend to frame attitudes and emotions in a sad and ...
Jan 6, 2021
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Health
Can machine learning bring more humanity to health care?
Stephanie Harman, MD, a palliative care physician at Stanford Hospital, has witnessed many people take their last breath, and she considers each passing a unique and sacred event.
Sep 20, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Poor family cohesion is associated with long-term psychological impacts in bereaved teenagers
The death of a parent can affect the health and well-being of children and adolescents, including higher risk of depression. A study published in PLOS ONE by Dröfn Birgisdóttir at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, and colleagues ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic blues? Turns out, our pets have been waiting for this moment
As a child, Jen Currin-McCulloch noticed the effects of the human-animal bond while following her dad around his veterinary clinic.
Jul 15, 2020
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Health
Early palliative care can cut hospital readmissions for cancer patients
Doctors at Duke University Hospital have developed a new collaborative model in cancer care that reduced the rates at which patients were sent to intensive care or readmitted to the hospital after discharge.
Oct 22, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
What to know about metastatic breast cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about metastatic breast cancer.
Oct 6, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study finds trend towards unusual and abnormal prescribing patterns in aged-care homes
Researchers from the Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health have found that one-quarter of Australian aged-care home residents are nine times more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic drug risperidone.
Feb 25, 2019
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