» “Carbon Footprint and Indirect Costs of Displacement for Advanced Cancer Patients: A Call for Telepalliative Care”
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. IntroductionProviding palliative care to patients reduces the need for aggressive treatment, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits, thus decreasing the need for ...
» Nurse Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Quality Across Long-Term Care, Home, and Social Model Hospice Home Settings: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. This qualitative descriptive study explored nursing perspectives on end-of-life care quality across 3 distinct community settings: long-term care facilities, patients’...
» Mental Health Experiences of Home Hospice Caregivers: A Qualitative Study of Their Lived Experiences
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundFamily caregivers provide essential support to patients receiving home hospice care, often assuming complex clinical and personal care tasks that may impact ...
» Palliative Care or Hospice? Flipping the Classroom for 1st Year Pre-clinical Medical Students With Interactive Online Content
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAlthough palliative care competencies appear on USMLE examinations, pre-clinical curricula devote minimal time to end-of-life education. Traditional lectures...
» Patients‘ Symptoms and Support Needs at Start of Specialized Palliative Care Therapy in an Inpatient Oncology Setting. A Retrospective Data Analysis
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundPalliative complex therapy (PCT) integrates multiprofessional palliative care into inpatient oncology. This study aimed to assess symptoms and supportive-car...
» Geographic Distance Between Perinatal and Pediatric Palliative Care Services and Implications for Practice Standards
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundPractice standards recommend early integration of perinatal and pediatric palliative care (PC) with seamless transitions across settings. Little is known abo...
» Retrospective Chart Review Evaluating Efficacy and Tolerability of Ketamine Continuous Infusion for Cancer-Related Pain
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. ContextKetamine is used to treat refractory cancer pain, but evidence for analgesic and opioid-sparing benefits remains mixed.ObjectiveThis study assessed the efficacy...
» Addressing Sexual Toxicity Among Cancer Survivors: Clinicians Challenges and Potential Interventions
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. PurposeSexual health is often negatively impacted by cancer treatment. Despite its importance, discussions regarding this topic are not uniformly performed between cli...
» Testing Near-Field Radio-Frequency Sensors to Predict Respiratory Distress in Patients Living With Dementia: A Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundPeople living with dementia (PLWD) with advanced illness are prone to respiratory distress yet often cannot self-report dyspnea, delaying recognition and tre...
» Mapping patient journeys: Exploring patient and informal carer experiences of injectable anticipatory medication care in the community to identify opportunities for practice improvements
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Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. Background:Injectable anticipatory medications are routinely prescribed ahead of need in many countries to help manage distressing end-of-life symptoms. However, little is known about the lived experi...
» A Meaning-Making Conversation: A Formative Mixed Method Pilot Study of a Brief Intervention for Patients Living Long-Term With Incurable Cancer
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundMany patients with incurable cancer are expected to live for a considerable period of time, yet with the knowledge of their disease’s inevitable end-of-life ...
» Developing the H-5, a Quantifiable Spiritual Assessment for Hospice Care
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. ObjectiveTo develop a quantifiable spiritual assessment model that identifies spiritual concerns in patients and families receiving hospice care.MethodA survey of inte...
» Comparing Clinical Profiles, Symptom Burden, Care Delivery, and Outcomes Between Oncologic and Non-Oncologic Patients in a Public Home-Based Palliative Care Program
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundHome-based palliative care (HBPC) is central to high-quality end-of-life care; however, most evidence and care models remain cancer-oriented, with non-cancer...
» Impact of Supportive Oncology Visits on Healthcare Utilization
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundPalliative care involvement in cancer care has demonstrated benefits in end-of-life outcomes, but its impact on upstream healthcare utilization in diverse po...
» Domains of Caregiving in Parkinson’s Disease: A Framework Developed Through Perspective Mapping
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundCarers of Persons with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) have significant palliative care needs that are not adequately addressed in current models of care. To provi...
» Systemic Anticancer Therapy Near the End of Life: Association of Treatment Escalation With Hospital-Centered Care in Metastatic Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundSystemic anticancer therapy (SAT) near the end of life is an indicator of potentially aggressive cancer care. Although patient-level prognostic factors have ...
» Palliative Care in Heart Failure: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials and Associations With Intervention and Patient Characteristics
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundSystematic reviews show palliative care improves outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF), but prior meta-analyses were not HF-specific, or explored how ...
» Antibiotic Use at the End of Life: Balancing Symptom Relief, Treatment Burden, and Stewardship
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAntibiotic use remains common among patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care despite limited evidence that treatment consistently improves patient-...
» Refractory Neuropathic Pain With Escalating Opioid Requirements and Ketamine Use in Advanced Degenerative Spine Disease: A Hospice Case Report
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundHospice patients with advanced degenerative spine disease frequently experience refractory neuropathic pain complicated by opioid tolerance, central sensitiz...
» Assisted Living Staff Perspectives on End-Of-Life Care for Residents Living With Dementia: A Qualitative Study
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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAlzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) affect nearly half of assisted living (AL) residents, the majority of whom have palliative care (PC) needs at...