Viewpoints

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 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 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 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 2019
The Essence of Evidence-Based Practice We may be missing the true meaning of evidence-based practice.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 2018
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 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 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 2018
Live Longer or Better? The cancer clinical trial paradigm will be improved with the incorporation of palliative care.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 2018
Prioritizing Patients Over Paperwork A worthy goal, but is it really achievable? CMS thinks so.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 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 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 2018
Hospice Aides: The Eyes and Ears of End-of-Life Care Unlicensed personnel spend the most time with patients and families during hospice care, yet they don't always feel that they have a voice.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 2018
Deactivating ICDs Near End of Life Patients with end-stage heart failure may not be aware that their ICDs can be deactivated as they near the end of life.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2018
This Medical Bill Can't Be Right, Can It? With high-deductible insurance, patients are learning and questioning the true costs of care.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2018
Frailty in the Older Adult: A Surgical Deterrent? Surgeons are starting to take frailty seriously, in an effort to thwart surgical complications the elderly.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 2018
Statins in the Elderly: Evidence-Based or Not? What does the evidence show, and is it enough to guide decisions about statins for older adults?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 2018
How to Pronounce a Patient's Death Compassionately Which physician behaviors demonstrate compassion at this difficult moment?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 2018
How Should We Measure Quality Healthcare? Tom Bartol argues that standardized outcomes instruments aren't going to improve care.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 2018
What Can Chaplains Do in Outpatient Palliative Care? Can a brief, chaplain-delivered intervention address spiritual concerns in patients with advanced cancer?
Experts And Viewpoints, January 2018

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