The number of surgeries performed on terminally ill cancer patients has not dropped in recent years, despite more attention to the importance of less invasive care for these patients to relieve symptoms and improve quality ...
May 2, 2015
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Author and surgeon Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, described how witnessing the untimely and inevitable passing of patients, friends and his father revealed to him the shortcomings of the American medical system's and society's approach ...
Mar 6, 2015
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Australian doctors have come up with a checklist designed to spot elderly hospital patients likely to die within the next three months, it is reported in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Jan 22, 2015
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In the last six months Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan and, most recently, Arizona have passed "right to try" laws that allow terminally ill patients to access treatments that have only passed FDA Phase I clinical ...
Nov 11, 2014
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A University of Queensland study has found nurses play a crucial role in decisions surrounding treatment of terminally ill patients.
Nov 10, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Hospice care is an option for people who have terminal illnesses, but choosing the right hospice isn't always easy, experts say.
Jul 7, 2014
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One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain's top court said the country's ban on assisted suicide ...
Jun 25, 2014
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Canada's Quebec province adopted legislation Thursday allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help, becoming the first jurisdiction in the country to effectively legalize assisted suicide.
Jun 6, 2014
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(HealthDay)—People grappling with terminal illness now have a new online source of advice and help, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Mar 26, 2014
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The British government will not stand in the way of legislation that would permit assisted suicide, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday as parliament prepares to examine a bill.
Mar 9, 2014
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