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Can NPs and Physicians 'Co-manage' Primary Care Patients? It's not just teamwork, nor is it just collaboration. So, what is co-management in primary care?
Experts And Viewpoints, September 25, 2020
Treating Infections Near the End of Life It's often an ethical as well as a clinical decision.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 03, 2020
The Essence of Evidence-Based Practice We may be missing the true meaning of evidence-based practice.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 30, 2018
Why Fix the Lopsided Clinician-Patient Relationship? In the exam room, knowledge is power--but it works both ways.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 04, 2019
End-of-Life Travel: Beyond the Bucket List In palliative care, it's not uncommon for patients nearing the end of life to want to travel, often to their place of birth.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 09, 2019
Loop Diuretics: Getting the Dose Right Misunderstandings can lead to ineffective responses to loop diuretics.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 10, 2019
Dinner and Stories: Caring for the Caregivers Creative expression helps clinicians cope with caring for seriously ill and dying patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 28, 2019
What Stands in the Way of Shared Decision-Making? A recent review explores the impediments and facilitators of shared decision-making.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 14, 2019
Physical Activity and Longevity: Which Sport Is Best? ugh all activity is good, some sports are linked with bigger life expectancy gains.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 23, 2019
Triggering Palliative Care in Late-Stage Dementia A pilot randomized trial demonstrates a way to provide access to palliative care for patients with late-stage dementia.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 09, 2019
Hope in Advanced Cancer: A Cure, or Something Else? Patients facing treatment for their advanced cancer have many hopes, and not all of them are for a cure.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 22, 2019
Pre-test Probability as an Aid to Diagnosis Do pre-test probability models work or do they simply lead to overtesting?
Experts And Viewpoints, February 19, 2019
Dying at Home: The Burden of Medication Management How do informal family caregivers cope with the challenging responsibilities of drug administration in the home?
Experts And Viewpoints, February 13, 2019
How 'Bucket Lists' Can Help in Serious Illness A bucket list may help clinicians understand the patient's goals and approach to treatment decisions.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 11, 2018
Medication Reconciliation: Useful Tool or Box to Check? Medication reconciliation has become a rote process but has the potential to improve safety and quality of care.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 30, 2018
Palliative Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities When faced with serious illness or the end of life, gender and sexual minority patients have unique healthcare needs.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 24, 2018
Live Longer or Better? The cancer clinical trial paradigm will be improved with the incorporation of palliative care.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 12, 2018
Prioritizing Patients Over Paperwork A worthy goal, but is it really achievable? CMS thinks so.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 22, 2018
When a Loved One Is in the ICU An ICU admission can induce physical and psychological symptoms in patient caregivers.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 22, 2018
Our 'Suboxone Patients' Tom Bartol argues that we shouldn't label patients with the name of their disease or treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 15, 2018

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