Palliative care patients face added stress and extra costs amid pain medicine shortages
Doctors often prescribe strong medications to relieve pain, distress and discomfort in palliative care, but many of these ...
Psychology Today4d
The Vital Role Social Work Plays in Palliative Care
Physicians engaged in palliative and end-of-life care can appreciate the tremendous value social workers add to an ...
Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation5d
Palliative care transforms lives, Phuentshogling
In Phuentshogling, the opening of palliative care at Phuentshogling Hospital in August last year is transforming lives with ...
Oncology Nursing News11d
Facilitating End-of-Life Care for Patients With Breast Cancer
Oncology nurses and APPs provide support and can help to facilitate conversations with patients and families during ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News13d
Revamped tool can reliably assess pain symptoms in dementia patients: researchers
A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped.
The Citizen9d
Palliative care social workers, the custodians of patients’ well-being
The ability to face disease starts with having a strong support system to hold your hand every step of the way.” ...
‘Show up and share’: How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying
Honoring a patient’s death can be life-affirming. That’s the ethos behind an UCLA initiative to support patients, their ...
The Citizen7d
Palliative care social workers, the custodians of patients’ well-being
“As social workers, we devote our time to registered patients as well as their families. We meet them where they find themselves on the palliative care journey,” said Busi. “Receiving a life ...