Palliative care teams offer holistic care for patients experiencing serious illness and related suffering, nevertheless, there are times when clinicians are asked by patients for help to obtain assisted dying. Patients in a growing number of areas may be eligible to request medically administered or self-administered lethal medications to control the timing of death and palliative care practices,…
A study in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management explores whether patient-level factors are associated with visits among patients referred to outpatient palliative care.
Dyspnea is among the most distressing symptoms in the last weeks to days of life (terminal dyspnea). While physicians frequently use parenteral opioids other than…
This quality improvement project aimed to transition completion of Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at our Supportive Care Clinic from paper to electronic format.
Pain is distressing for women with breast cancer. Pain medication may not provide full relief and can have negative side-effects. Cognitive-behavioral pain intervention protocols reduce…
Although psychiatric comorbidities are common among individuals at end of life, their impact on outcomes is poorly understood.
Few pharmacological interventions are available for cancer-associated anorexia and cachexia. Mirtazapine has been suggested for use in cancer-associated anorexia and cachexia.
: Palliative care is guideline-recommended for patients with advanced heart failure (HF). However, studies on how cardiac palliative care is provided in the United States…
Palliative care practitioners are faced with many clinical dilemmas everyday with direct implications in patient care. Should neuroleptics be used to treat delirium? Do benzodiazepines…
