Hospice & Palliative Medicine
From the Journals
Sharp decrease in opioid access for dying U.S. cancer patients
There was a 34% reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions filled per patient and a 38% reduction in the total dose of opioids filled near...
News
Hospitalists play key role in advance care planning
It’s important to distinguish advance care planning from advance directives.
Conference Coverage
Palliative care in the pandemic: How one hospital met the challenge
The palliative care team at the University of Texas at Austin adapted both patient care and medical education when the region became a COVID-19...
News
Consensus document reviews determination of brain death
The recommendations are the minimum criteria for the determination of brain death or death by neurologic criteria.
News
Value of palliative care shines clearly in a crisis
Hospitalists have played key roles in clarifying and redefining the new role for palliative care during the pandemic.
From the Journals
Early palliative care fails to improve QOL in advanced heart failure
“My first reaction is disappointment. We had hoped to see the ENABLE program, which had been successful in cancer, translate to the heart failure...
Feature
With life in the balance, a pediatric palliative care program expands its work to adults
“It brings up feelings like I had after 9/11 – a unified approach to surviving this as people, as a community, the idea that ‘we will get through...
Opinion
Call for volunteers for palliative care in COVID-19
NYC Health + Hospitals needs volunteers trained in palliative care to help patients remotely via telemedicine.
From the Journals
Palliative care improves QoL for patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
Randomized trial results support efforts to integrate palliative care into care for patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.
Conference Coverage
Storytelling tool can assist elderly in the ICU
SAN FRANCISCO – A graphic-based framework tool helps track best-and worst-case scenarios for elderly patients in the...
From the Journals
Palliative care programs continue growth in U.S. hospitals
Almost three-quarters of hospitals have a program, but “geography is destiny” for patients.