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The humanities in palliative medicine training: perspectives of academic palliative medicine physicians and trainees [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Medical Education
Background The humanities can aid in the development of important skills for trainee physicians. Because of the nature of their work, palliative medicine residents are expected to apply humanities-based skills frequently in their clinical work and are ...
Rayan Delbani   +2 more
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Questionnaire on the Current Status and Awareness of Palliative Medicine by Community Cooperation Pharmacies [PDF]

open access: yesPharmacy
Community cooperation pharmacies are equipped to prepare narcotics and sterile injectable drugs for palliative medicine at home for cancer pain and end-of-life care; however, to the best of our knowledge, the actual status of the system to provide ...
Keigo Nagatani   +3 more
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Incorporating Early Palliative Medicine Consultation Into Daily Morning Huddle in the ICU

open access: yesCritical Care Explorations, 2021
OBJECTIVES:. Early palliative medicine consult in the ICU can significantly improve outcomes in high-risk patients. We describe a pilot study of including a recommendation for palliative medicine consult in the ICU morning huddle. DESIGN:. A prospective,
Arslan Babar, MD   +4 more
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Developing Palliative Medicine as an Accredited Medical Specialty in Kenya

open access: yesJCO Global Oncology, 2022
PURPOSEMost people living with life-limiting illnesses in Kenya lack access to palliative care. Globally, palliative medicine is a growing specialty that equips clinicians with the training required to improve the quality of life for people living with a
Hussein Elias   +4 more
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The role of physical and occupational therapy in palliative and hospice medicine of neurodegenerative diseases

open access: yesAktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2023
The aim of our research is to review modern literature regarding the relevance and frequency of physical and occupational therapy in palliative and hospice medicine of neurodegenerative diseases. Results.
O. M. Raznatovska   +3 more
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Palliative medicine in the elderly [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 1997
Cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly and the palliation of both disease- and treatment-related symptoms is of importance in the practice of cancer medicine in all patients. Many older patients are treated within community hospitals, in which anticancer therapies are less likely to be given and in which the palliation of symptoms should be of ...
J F, Cleary, P P, Carbone
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Twelve Years of Postgraduate Palliative Medicine Training in Finland: How International Guidelines Are Implemented

open access: yesPalliative Medicine Reports, 2021
Background and Objective: The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) published recommendations for postgraduate education in palliative medicine in 2009.
Aija Vanhanen   +2 more
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Attitudes to specialist palliative care and advance care planning in people with COPD: a multi-national survey of palliative and respiratory medicine specialists

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines recommend early access to palliative care together with optimal, disease-directed therapy for people with advanced disease, however, this occurs infrequently.
Natasha Smallwood   +5 more
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Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022
With current medical advances, the human population continues to age. This presents healthcare practitioners with the increasing complexity of providing care to elderly patients with multifactorial medical and personal needs.
Alice Chang   +3 more
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Future of palliative medicine

open access: yesIndian Journal of Palliative Care, 2015
A 'need-supply' and 'requirement-distribution mismatch' along with a continuingneed explosion are the biggest hurdles faced by palliative medicine today. It is the need of the hour to provide an unbiased, equitable and evidence-based palliative care to those in need irrespective of the diagnosis, prognosis, social and economic status or geographical ...
Bhatnagar, Sushma, Gupta, Mayank
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