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UrduPatients with very advanced solid tumors saw no significant improvement in overall survival after receiving systemic therapy, according to a study published today in JAMA Oncology by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Yale Cancer Center.
Tag: palliative and end-of-life care
In Their Own Words: Patients, Families Describe Major Medical Treatments
Researchers with University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing analyzed the comments in open-ended responses from a survey about making decisions on major medical treatments to gain insight into the words used by patients and families and how they conceptualize the various treatments.
Patients’ Families Are A Key Factor in End-of-Life Care at Rural Hospitals
Nurses at critical access hospitals rate family behaviors and attitudes as dominant factors to providing end-of-life care, similar to their counterparts at large, urban medical centers, suggesting that caring for dying patients has much in common regardless of rural or urban location
Mount Sinai Health System to Launch Palliative Care at Home, Expanding Partnership With Contessa
Today Mount Sinai announces Palliative Care at Home, a program to care for seriously ill patients in the comfort and safety of their own homes, while avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations.
COVID-19 Pandemic Amplifies Need to Integrate Palliative Care Into ICUs
Critical care nurses are ideally positioned to drive full integration of palliative care into the care of all patients who are seriously ill, including patients with COVID-19.
ICUs Receive Higher Satisfaction Scores for End-of-life Care than Other Hospital Departments
The findings may inform care in other parts of the hospital to improve end-of-life experiences.
Algorithm Identifies Cancer Patients in Need of Advance Care Planning Conversations
The newly developed system prioritizes patients so that cancer doctors have conversations about their values and goals before it is too late.