Spirituality may influence the aggressiveness of end-of-life treatments in cancer patients
1. In this scoping review, spiritual care offered by the medical team typically led to more referrals to hospice and ...
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Wellness Check: Spirituality
Spirituality may influence the aggressiveness of end-of-life treatments in cancer patients 1. In this scoping review, spiritual care offered by ...
Pediatric palliative care outcome measures often miss quality of life
1. A systematic review of outcome measures found that only a minority addressed quality of life and patient (child) reported ...
Patient demographics associated with fewer hospice visits prior to death
1. According to a retrospective review of hospice patients, certain patient demographics, including black race, failure to thrive diagnosis, nursing ...
End of life care disparities reported among several developed nations
1. Among patients older than 65 years of age who died with cancer in 2010, rates of end-of-life acute hospitalization ...
Hospice associated with reduced healthcare utilization in cancer patients
1. Individuals with poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care had fewer hospital admissions, intensive care unit stays, invasive procedures, and ...
Large number of cancer patients in the US experience late hospice care
1. In a retrospective review of patient data from 12 hospices in the US, 16.3% of cancer patients experience late ...
More patients utilizing hospice services and choosing to die at home over past decade
Feb 5th- JAMA - The number of patients dying in acute care hospitals declined from 32.6% in 2000 to 24.6% ...