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Cancer patients are not given enough information
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Two thirds of cancer patients receive little or no information about the survival benefits of having palliative chemotherapy before making a decision about treatment, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
Where you live matters when you're seriously ill
Oct 02, 2008 |
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America does a mediocre job caring for its sickest people. The nation, says a new report, gets a C.
New guidelines for incorporating spirituality in end-of-life care
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Guidelines derived from a recent Consensus Conference, including recommendations on the role of healthcare providers in the assurance of quality spiritual care to patients in a palliative care setting, are published in a ...
Palliative care intervention provides some benefits for patients with advanced cancer
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Patients with advanced cancer who received a palliative care intervention focused on addressing physical and psychosocial issues and care coordination that was provided at the same time as cancer treatment reported improved ...
Dying from dementia: NEJM editorial advocates for palliative care
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A growing number of older adults are dying from dementia. In an editorial in the October 15, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Greg Sachs, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genera ...
Scientists trial device to treat chemotherapy-related nausea
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Trials to test acupressure wrist bands as a drug-free alternative for chemotherapy-related nausea are to take place at the University of Liverpool.
Palliative care skills training needed for health-care staff in sub-Saharan Africa
Apr 22, 2009 |
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A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information ...
Beyond the terminal: Palliative care
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Palliative care was once reserved for patients when all curative options had been exhausted and death was imminent, but now it is considered an integral part of the care that should be available to patients with serious respiratory ...
Brown expert offers guide to end-of-life care
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Years ago, dying patients in most communities often had a single option if they needed hospice care. Now they have many more; competition reigns.
A safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer has very poor prognosis. Conventional surgery is considered the most effective treatment, but many cases are inoperable at the time of diagnosis.
Treatment may need to be modified for elderly brain cancer patients
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, accounts for a majority of the brain tumors seen in patients 65 years or older. This segment of the population is growing faster than any other age group and ...
End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer
May 12, 2008 |
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There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Morphine kills pain -- not patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Many people, including health care workers, believe that morphine is a lethal drug that causes death when used to control pain for a patient who is dying. That is a misconception according to new research published in the ...
Using morphine to hasten death is a myth, says doctor
Mar 02, 2007 |
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Using morphine to end a person's life is a myth, argues a senior doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ. It follows the case of Kelly Taylor, a terminally ill woman who went to court earlier this month for the right to be ...
Humor plays an important role in healthcare even when patients are terminally ill
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Humour can play an essential role in the most serious healthcare settings, even when patients are receiving intensive or end of life care, according to research in the April issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing.
