End-of-life prescribing of aspirin in patients with breast or colorectal cancer.doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001370Laura MurphyChris BrownAmelia SmithFaith CranfieldLinda SharpKala VisvanathanKathleen BennettThomas Ian BarronBritish Medical Journal Publishing Group...
The compatibility of prescribing guidelines and the doctor-patient partnership: a primary care mixed-methods study BACKGROUND: UK policy expects health professionals to involve patients in decisions about their care (including medicines use) and, at the same time, to fo... S Josie,DK Raynor,K ...
Design. We retrospectively examined prescribing patterns of sustained-release morphine, oxycodone, and transdermal fentanyl. We compared individual opioids on the aforementioned outcome markers, as well as patient gender, terminal diagnosis, and median length of stay. Results. Patients prescribed a ...
as well as self-actualisation needs, relevance to practice, a sense of responsibility, and a therapeutic bond, motivates general practitioners to learn end-of-life care. Some of the learning needs expressed were pain and symptom management
This cohort study describes patient characteristics, practice patterns, and risk factors concerning end-of-life–initiated immunotherapy over time in
American Society for pain management nursing position statement: pain management at the end of life. Pain Manag Nurs. 2013;14:172–5.Pasero, C., Quinlan-Colwell, A., Rae, D., Broglio, K., & Drew, D. (2016). American Society for Pain Management Nursing Position Statement: Prescribing ...
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification assessment and treatment of pain and other pr
The cost and cost-effectiveness of PPIs--GP perspectives and responses to a prescribing dilemma and their implications for the development of patient-centr... Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has stimulated a proliferation of clinical guidelines and prescribing protocols which aim to increase quality and...
death); (3) administering (i.e. euthanasia), supplying or prescribing (i.e. physician-assisted suicide) drugs with the explicit intention of hastening death on the patients' explicit request; and (4) administering drugs with the explicit intention of hastening death without explicit patient ...
Nursing home (NH) residents with limited life expectancy (LLE) who are intensely treated for hyperlipidemia, hypertension, or diabetes may benefit from dep