September 25, 2018
When patients and doctors disagree about prognosis
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2018.1498951As palliative care physicians who frequently discuss goals of care with seriously ill patients and their families, we often get called because the patient/family is “in […]
September 25, 2018
Culturally sensitive communication at the end-of-life in the intensive care unit: A systematic review
https://www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S1036-7314(18)30057-2/fulltextThe objectives of this systematic review were the following: (i) to describe whether culturally sensitive communication is used by clinicians (nurses and physicians) when communicating with […]
September 25, 2018
Ambiguity of ‘comfort care’ creates confusion for physicians, patients
https://www.medicalbag.com/medicine/comfort-care-terminology-ambiguity/article/801687/The term “comfort care” has generally become synonymous with end-of-life care in today’s healthcare environment, but the use of this terminology may have undesirable effects on […]
September 17, 2018
ACP Decisions Receives Certification for 18 Patient Decision Aids from Washington State
https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/article_7a62c627-4a68-5684-9687-f165949c38f4.htmlBOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 12, 2018–ACP Decisions is pleased to announce that eighteen of its decision aids focused on end-of-life care have been certified by the Washington State […]