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End-of-life care can be improved
Researchers have evaluated improvements in the end-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) and have shared their findings in a special supplement to Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. view more (2006-11-02)
Study finds improvement in the care of children with cancer at the end of life
Expanded use of palliative care services is associated with enhanced communications between families and caregivers, improved symptoms management, and better quality of life for children dying from cancer, according to study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston. view more (2008-03-31)
Calculate benefit before dialysis for frail elders
Kidney specialists should weigh the potential quality of life for frail elders with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in opting for dialysis over more conservative therapies, a nephrologist and a palliative care specialist suggest in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. view more (2009-10-15)
Place of death shifting for children with complex chronic conditions
It is becoming more common for children with complex chronic conditions to die in their home than in a hospital, although black and Hispanic children with these conditions are less likely to die in their home. view more (2007-06-27)
Hospice expert tells Beeb about pioneering palliative project
A leading expert in hospice care from Staffordshire University has been featured on an international BBC broadcast to talk about pioneering work involving a British aid team which helped set up palliative care in Russia. Bob Becker, a Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care at Staffordshire University's School of Health and the Shropshire and Mid-Wales... view more... (2002-01-14)
STUDY LOOKS AT NEEDS OF THOSE ON "DISEASE JOURNEYS"
Member of the research team Dr Scott Murray of the University of Edinburgh's Department of Community Health Sciences said the disease 'journeys' of 25 families with lung cancer and 25 with severe cardiac failure would be followed, through interviews with patients, their relatives and professionals from health and social services. The patients and... view more... (1999-06-21)
Cancer experts call for special care for dying patients in India
The quality of life for people in India with incurable cancer could be improved by simple measures to relieve symptoms, such as pain and depression, through palliative care. The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is, for the first time, organising a special workshop to encourage cancer specialists in India to develop schemes to provide... view more... (2003-01-31)
Study finds race and ethnicity affect use of hospice services among patients with advanced cancer
Race and ethnicity appear to have an effect on whether a patient with terminal cancer uses hospice care services, according to a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). view more (2009-02-11)
Why Patients Request Euthanasia or Physician-assisted Suicide (pp 344, 362)
A qualitative study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides a new insight into why patients request euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Results of the study have implications for both clinicians and policymakers in the controversial issue of end-of-life care. The question of why people desire euthanasia or assisted... view more... (2001-08-01)
Dying cancer patients need more information from doctors
Patients suffering from terminal cancer should be given more information by doctors, according to an important new study. "Doctors have difficulty being honest with patients when the news is very bad," says Professor Lesley Fallowfield, director of the Psychosocial Oncology Group, which is funded by Cancer Research UK and located at the University... view more... (2002-07-19)
Website supports teenagers whose parents have cancer
Researchers at the University of Sheffield's Academic Palliative Medicine Unit have developed the first UK website to offer advice and support to children who have a parent with cancer. Riprap is an interactive site aimed at 12-16 year olds who are facing one of the toughest times of their lives. The site will be launched at 2pm on 29 May at the... view more... (2003-05-28)
Cancer patients in India cheated of appropriate care
A letter in this week's BMJ charges the medical community in India with a "commercialisation of suffering and prolongation of lucrative illness." Dr Chatuverdi, Assistant Surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai states that, in a country with 3 million cancer sufferers - of whom 80 per cent are incurable - there are only 20 dedicated... view more... (2003-05-21)
Improving Quality Of Death - Terminal Care Should Aim To Preserve Dignity Of Dying Patients (pp 1997, 2026)
Canadian authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the preservation of patients' dignity should be a priority for end-of-life care to minimise the physical and psychological trauma of terminally-ill patients. Little research has been done which addresses the concept of dignity among terminally-ill people. Harvey Max... view more... (2002-12-18)
Insufficient pain relief
Patients often believe that pain is inevitable and that it is necessary as a sign of the state of their disease. Caring staff do not sufficiently explain why pain relief is important and what can be done about its possible side effects. Therefore, too many patients are in too much pain. "Almost all patients in this dissertation had been... view more... (2003-03-25)
Being told and telling others that the end is near
When physicians have to tell patients that their cancer has progressed beyond the point where treatment is possible, the situation is difficult both for patients and their families and for the doctors themselves. In her dissertation at Linköping University, Maria Freidrichsen elucidates the experiences of the various parties involved in such... view more... (2002-04-22)
INCREASED OPIOID USE AT END OF LIFE DOES NOT SHORTEN SURVIVAL (p 398)
Patients who receive increased doses of opioid at the end of their lives do not have shorter survival than those who receive no increases, concludes a research letter published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Public and professional concern that the use of opioids for symptom control might shorten life prompted the study by Nigel Sykes and... view more... (2000-07-26)
Morphine: a comfort measure for the dying or pain control for the living?
Cancer patients are suffering unnecessarily because they wrongly believe that morphine and other opioids are only used as "comfort for the dying" and as a "last resort" rather than seeing them as legitimate pain killers that can improve their quality of life. view more (2007-12-11)
Should the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide be changed?
Next month's debate in the House of Lords could begin the process of changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. view more (2005-09-23)
Research shows patients and their families concerned about end-of-life care
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that while new technologies ease the pain of dying, they can also make older patients and their families feel they are ill-equipped to make necessary important decisions about care and treatment. The two-year study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, examined the views of... view more... (2003-07-18)
Hopkins Children's study: Parents of dying newborns need clearer explanation of options
Parent-doctor discussions about whether to maintain or withdraw life support from terminally ill or severely premature newborns are so plagued by miscommunication and misunderstanding that they might as well be in different languages. view more (2008-09-16)
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