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 to a new study.
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.
November 18, 2019
End-of-life care for frail older people
https://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2019/11/14/bmjspcare-2019-001953Geriatricians use a model called comprehensive geriatric assessment, including medical, functional, mental health, social and environmental dimensions, but also use a variety of other models, such […]