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September 8, 2020
Caring for Frail Older Adults During COVID-19: Integrating Public Health Ethics into Clinical Practice
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32557533/During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, principles from both clinical and public health ethics cue clinicians and healthcare administrators to plan alternatives for frail older […]
September 8, 2020
Where do advance care plans fall during a pandemic?
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/where-do-advance-care-plans-fall-during-a-pandemicThe current pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for many healthcare procedures.
September 8, 2020
Palliative Care During Public Health Emergencies: Examples from the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0901/p312.htmlCase studies for COVID-19
August 31, 2020
Dementia decisions: the importance of Advance Care Planning
https://bc-cpc.ca/cpc/dementiadecisions-acp/Talking about your future health and personal care, what’s important to you and what’s not, can be a challenging conversation, but it’s what Advance Care Planning […]
August 31, 2020
Raising the bar on our haphazard end-of-life transition from hospital to home
https://healthydebate.ca/opinions/transition-from-hospital-to-home?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter“The whole process of getting her (home) and set up was turbulent and haphazard.” That was Stephen Petri’s experience when his mother was transitioned from in-patient […]
August 31, 2020
Advance Care Planning Engagement and End-of-life Preference Among Older Chinese Americans: Do Family Relationships and Immigrant Status Matter?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32830042/To examine how immigrant status and family relationships are associated with advance care planning (ACP) engagement and end-of-life (EOL) preference in burial planning among older Chinese […]