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May 13, 2019
It’s time to talk about your final moments of life, survey suggests
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-life-death-palliative-care-uk-doctors-1.5131008Most people know little or nothing about what happens in one’s final hours, U.K. survey says.
May 13, 2019
What Happens in the Hours Before Death? Most People Don’t Have a Clue.
https://www.livescience.com/65436-what-happens-before-death.htmlBenjamin Franklin famously quipped that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Today, most people could justifiably add, “and I don’t understand either of […]
May 8, 2019
‘It all depends!’ A qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216319845794It is often suggested that terminally ill patients favour end-of-life care at home. Yet, it is unclear how these preferences are formed, if the process is […]
May 8, 2019
Trends in site of death and health care utilization at the end of life: a population-based cohort study (includes CARENET authors)
http://cmajopen.ca/content/7/2/E306.fullHigh rates of health care utilization at the end of life may be a marker of care that does not align with patient-stated preferences.
May 8, 2019
Advance care planning is essential (op-ed by Daren Heyland)
https://lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/opinions/2019/05/04/advance-care-planningis-essential/The article entitled “Plan now for end-of-life issues” by David Amies (April 26) is a welcome reminder that we are all immortal and need to plan […]
April 30, 2019
Interdisciplinary care pathway helps manage frail, elderly trauma patients
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-interdisciplinary-pathway-frail-elderly-trauma.htmlAn interdisciplinary care protocol for frail geriatric trauma patients significantly reduces the risk for delirium and 30-day readmission, according to a study published online April 5 […]