Pallimed Bookshop
Sharing books about living with serious illness, palliative care, and hospice. Listing does not mean that the content is recommended or endorsed, except where explicitly stated. www.pallimed.org
Related Articles
Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting…
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life
Download a PDF of “Dying in America” by the Institute of Medicine for free.
Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain Management and Opioid Use After Head and Neck Surgery
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the use of virtual reality on postoperative pain management in hospitalized patients after head and neck surgery.
Taryn Talks About Death | A Kids Book About: The Podcast
Taryn Schuelke, author of A Kids Book About Death, talks about grieving, saying goodbye, and creating space to take care of yourself after losing someone…
C-reactive protein and white blood cell count are adverse prognostic markers for patients with advanced cancer on parenteral nutrition in a palliative care unit setting: A retrospective cohort study – PubMed
Patients who responded with an increase of C-reactive protein or white blood cell count during 2 weeks after reinitiation or start of parenteral nutrition had…
An Ethical Framework for Visitation of Inpatients Receiving Palliative Care in the COVID-19 Context – Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Human connection is universally important, particularly in the context of serious illness and at the end of life. The presence of close family and friends…