News tagged with palliative care
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 ...
Suffering caused by dialysis for nursing home seniors may outweigh its benefits, researchers find
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks — such as feeding themselves, getting dressed or brushing their teeth — after starting dialysis, say ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
