ALLMedicine™ Palliative Care Center

Mar 2nd, 2021 - From Alleviating Suffering to Avoiding Addiction: A Call to Action to Evaluate and Mitigate Risk in Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care.|2021|Jones CA,Kamal AH,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Response to Kavalieratos: Directing the Narrative to Define and Present Standardization in Palliative Care (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0548).|2021|Rogers MM,Sinclair S,Silvers A,Bowman BA,Heitner R,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Preparing for a Destination Therapy Ventricular Assist Device: The Palliative Care Planning Conversation #410.|2021|Jozwiak R,Stellmacher P,Zehm A,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Enhancing Patient Dignity: Opportunities Addressed by a Specialized Palliative Care Unit during the Coronavirus Pandemic.|2021|Tanzi S,Buonaccorso L,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world: A qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions.|2021|Pastrana T,De Lima L,Pettus K,Ramsey A,Napier G,|

Nov 22nd, 2020 - Care with palliative care principles (aka Palliative Care, PC) is an approach to care that focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their caregivers who are facing life-limiting illness. It encompasses the assessment and management...

Jul 27th, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic poses a barrier to equal and evidence-based management of cancer in older adults. The International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) formed a panel of experts to develop consensus recommendations on the implications of th...

Jul 17th, 2020 - Many people are dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but consensus guidance on palliative care in COVID-19 is lacking. This new life-threatening disease has put healthcare systems under pressure, with the increased need of palliative ca...

May 28th, 2020 - Participants in phase I oncology trials represent a patient population new to palliative care. These patients typically have remarkable symptoms, with a symptom burden comparable to other patients with cancer.1 Thomas J. Smith, MD, FASCO, of Johns...

May 28th, 2020 - When patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergo intensive chemotherapy treatment, their quality of life (QoL) and mood are negatively affected. Areej El-Jawahri, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, presented the results of a multicenter...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - From Alleviating Suffering to Avoiding Addiction: A Call to Action to Evaluate and Mitigate Risk in Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care.|2021|Jones CA,Kamal AH,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Response to Kavalieratos: Directing the Narrative to Define and Present Standardization in Palliative Care (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0548).|2021|Rogers MM,Sinclair S,Silvers A,Bowman BA,Heitner R,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Preparing for a Destination Therapy Ventricular Assist Device: The Palliative Care Planning Conversation #410.|2021|Jozwiak R,Stellmacher P,Zehm A,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Enhancing Patient Dignity: Opportunities Addressed by a Specialized Palliative Care Unit during the Coronavirus Pandemic.|2021|Tanzi S,Buonaccorso L,|

Mar 2nd, 2021 - The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world: A qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions.|2021|Pastrana T,De Lima L,Pettus K,Ramsey A,Napier G,|

Jan 28th, 2021 - MANCHESTER—World-renowned oncologist Professor Justin Stebbing gave immunotherapy to a terminally-ill patient at a hospice before discussing it with a palliative care doctor, a medical tribunal heard. The treatment was allegedly inappropriate give...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Traditional delivery of palliative care to outpatients with cancer is associated with many challenges. Telehealth can eliminate some of these challenges but comes with issues of its own, according to results of the REACH PC trial. Jennifer S. Teme...

Oct 20th, 2020 - According to a new study, acupressure wristbands were no better than placebo for palliative care in patients with advanced cancer experiencing nausea and vomiting. The findings were published in  BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. In a double-blind...

Oct 13th, 2020 - More than 350,000 people in the UK have missed out on being urgently referred to hospital with suspected cancer symptoms since the end of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, show new figures from Cancer Research UK. The number of people who starte...

Oct 13th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Palliative care interventions are associated with reduced health care use and modestly lower symptom burden, but not with improved quality of life, in adults with chronic noncancer illness, according to a systematic rev...