November 25, 2019
‘Confessions of a reluctant caregiver’ palliative educational program: the results of a survey assessing physicians’ perceptions of drama-based education for end-of-life care
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13187-019-01655-7Inadequate palliative care training in medical education is associated with many physicians feeling unprepared to care for dying patients and their families.
November 25, 2019
Doctors question ability of patients to make complex medical decisions in advance
https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/6495590/are-you-too-dumb-to-make-an-advance-care-directive-some-doctors-think-so/Australian doctors sometimes ignore advance care directives not believing in the ability of non-medically trained patients to make complex medical decisions for themselves in advance, according […]
November 25, 2019
Palliative care models in long-term care (Kaasalainen, Sussman, You)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31714204The goal of this scoping review was to identify existing palliative models in long-term care (LTC) homes and differentiate between the key components of each in […]
November 18, 2019
Quality measurement of serious illness communication: recommendations for health systems based on findings from a symposium of national experts
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jpm.2019.0335Communication between clinicians and patients fundamentally shapes the experience of serious illness.