The new Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) brings compassionate medical care and support to people living in poverty at end-of-life.
September 30, 2019
New program provides mobile end-of-life support to people in poverty
https://www.uvic.ca/news/media/2019+port-pallitive-care-stajduhar+media-releaseThe new Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) brings compassionate medical care and support to people living in poverty at end-of-life.
September 30, 2019
Primary care clinicians’ confidence, willingness participation and perceptions of roles in advance care planning discussions with patients: a multi-site survey
https://academic.oup.com/fampra/advance-article/doi/10.1093/fampra/cmz050/5571723?searchresult=1People who engage in advance care planning (ACP) are more likely to receive health care that is concordant with their goals at the end of life. […]
September 23, 2019
“My Family Wants Something Different”: Discordance in Perceived Personal and Family Treatment Preference and Its Association With Do-Not-Resuscitate Order Placement
https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JOP.19.00250Patients make treatment decisions based not only on what they want, but what they think their families want. Discordance in such perceived preferences may therefore pose […]
September 23, 2019
Silent illumination: a case study exploring the spiritual needs of a transgender-identified elder receiving hospice care
https://journals.lww.com/jhpn/Abstract/publishahead/Silent_Illumination__A_Case_Study_Exploring_the.99919.aspxWith a growing population of transgender-identified elders in the United States, their unique spiritual end-of-life needs are coming to light. This article presents a case study […]