Palliative careAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerPalliationCaregiverSymptom managementQuality of lifePurpose of Review Despite recent advances in the care of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), significant morbidity and mortality remains. Symptoms caused by the cancer and its ...
How long does palliative care last? How long you get palliative care depends on your condition and your needs. It can start as soon as you're diagnosed and last for weeks or years. Some people go in and out of palliative care as needed. Some recover from their condition and no longer ...
If you feel palliative medicine might help you, ask for it if it’s not offered. You can receive care at home, in the hospital, nursing home, or anassisted livingcenter. Does Insurance Cover It? Many privateinsurance planspay for part of palliative medicine. Check with your insurer for sp...
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 ...
“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-...
Capturing Fiscal Benefits When Palliative Care Is Engaged Early in a Hospitalization (316-C) 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 7 作者:K Kerr,JB Cassel,T Smith,S Pantilat 摘要: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jan;41(1):198-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.10.059. Epub 2011 Jan 8...
Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer Patients: How and When?. Eduardo Bruera,Sriram Yennurajalingam. The Oncologist . 2012Bruera, E., & Yennurajalingam, S. (2012). Palliative care in advanced cancer patients: How and when? Oncologist, 17(2), 267-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncol...
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...
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....
A 45-year-old man with advanced tonsillar cancer was admitted to an inpatient palliative care unit for evaluation and treatment of anorexia, progressive pain, and asthenia. He had undergone tumor debulking and neck dissection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapy. Despi...