A conventional model of treating the patient with cancer through curative, palliative and terminal phases is examined. The boundaries between the phases of care are blurred. A model of care based on respect for patient autonomy ensures that the timing of the switch from...
Palliative care is a speciality which has grown considerably in recent years gaining recognition as its own subspecialty of medicine by the Royal College of Physicians in 1987. GPs have always had a role in providing palliative care, and as our ageing population increases, the number of people ...
Does Insurance Cover It? Many privateinsurance planspay for part of palliative medicine. Check with your insurer for specific benefits. This is separate from coverage for hospice care, which is often fully paid. If you haveMedicare Part B(theMedicareplan that pays for doctor visits and outpatient...
people who got palliative care mentioned these needs: "being recognized as a person," "having a choice and being in control," "being connected to family and the world outside," "being spiritually connected," and "physical comfort."
“Palliative care can help,” Bekelman added in a university news release. “However, access to outpatient palliative care specialists is limited to non-existent, and new, scalable ways to provide early palliative care are needed.” For this study, Bekelman and his colleagues provided telephone-...
Pediatric palliative care: When children die: improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families Edited by Marilyn J. Field and Richard E. Behrman Published by The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003 712 pages, $44.95 (ha. Debra S. Lotstein,Lonnie K. ...
To test the clinical equivalence and resource consequences of day care with inpatient care for active rheumatoid arthritis.Randomised controlled clinical t... CM Lambert,NP Hurst,JF Forbes,... - 《Br Med J》 被引量: 153发表: 1998年 Statin Use and Risk of COPD Exacerbation Requiring Hospitaliza...
Bruera E, Yennurajalingam S (2012) Palliative care in advanced cancer patients: how and when? Oncologist 17(2): 267-273. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0219Bruera E, Yennurajalingam S. Palliative care in advanced cancer patients: how and when? Oncologist. 2012;17(2):267-73....
When & How to Choose Hospice and Palliative Care If you are looking into hospice, it means you are coming to terms with the end-of-life journey for you or someone for whom you care about. Understandably, people find this stressful and struggle with new, unfamiliar responsibilities....
To investigate factors associated with referral of patients from an Australian stroke care unit (SCU) to an inpatient palliative care service (PCS). This retrospective observational cohort study included patients who were referred to the PCS after SCU admission between 1 January and 31 December 2008...