“The new medication safety rounds draw on the evidence-based principles of nurse-led ‘palliative care needs rounds’, where patients are regularly monitored by a multidisciplinary team of ...

"The new medication safety rounds draw on the evidence-based principles of nurse-led 'palliative care needs rounds', where patients are regularly monitored by a multidisciplinary team of experts to ...

The survey was developed in accordance with the Checklist ... among palliative care professionals about what palliative care is and does.27 28 In order for the public to understand and benefit from ...

All were affiliated with a large, tertiary care hospital in Vancouver, Canada, had a minimum of 3 years work experience and self-identified as being exposed to multiple patient deaths. Three came from ...

Just over a decade ago, the World Health Assembly unanimously resolved that palliative care is an ethical responsibility of health systems; however, access to palliative care remains abysmal in ...

New data suggest that early integration of palliative care is increasingly being used in patients with advanced cancers, but use remains low overall.

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults despite recent scientific advancements. Although people are living longer lives, there may be an adverse impact on ...

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in March appointed Kristina Newport, MD, as chief medical officer for the organization. Dr. Newport currently serves as chief of palliative care ...

Timely, consistent integration of palliative care services benefits pediatric patients with high-risk brain tumors.

Physicians engaged in palliative and end-of-life care can appreciate the tremendous value social workers add to an interdisciplinary care team.

and might need to be delivered differently." Drug shortages have also forced some palliative care patients being cared for in the community into hospital because they're not able to access ...

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