Ann Palliat Med. 2021 Dec;10(12):13030-13034. doi: 10.21037/apm-21-3392.ABSTRACTThe Society for Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO) is an international group of clinicians whose primary aim is to advance the field of palliative radiation oncology by promoting evidence-based palliative radiation therapy and excellence in primary palliative care through research, education, collaboration, and patient advocacy. SPRO held its 8th Annual Meeting on November 4th, 2021 in association with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 63rd Annual Meeting. Accomplishments and goals from the prior year, including SPRO gaining official non-profit status, were discussed. Dr. Dirk Rades from University of Lubeck in Germany gave the keynote…
Origen: Society for palliative radiation oncology: report from the Eighth Annual Meeting (2021) – PubMed

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 5;19(1):567. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010567.ABSTRACTThe informal family caregiver burden (IFCB) for chronically ill bedridden elderly patients (CIBEPs) is a major issue worldwide. It is a significant challenge due to the ongoing increased palliative care in the family setting; therefore, we explored the IFCB of caring for CIBEPs in Thailand. This article utilized a qualitative method, the total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) approach, with purposive sampling of thirty respondents between September and December 2020. The data were analyzed using cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) to determine the relationship between the driving and dependence…
Origen: Listening to Caregivers' Voices: The Informal Family Caregiver Burden of Caring for Chronically Ill Bedridden Elderly Patients – PubMed

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 1;19(1):453. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010453.ABSTRACTPediatric palliative care (PPC) patients require years of care across professions and sectors. Sharing treatment-related information and communicating among different PPC professionals is critical to ensure good quality of care. In Germany, this communication is mostly paper-based and prone to errors. Therefore, an electronic cross-facility health record (ECHR) was participatorily designed with users, wherein information can be shared and PPC professionals can communicate with each other. As this form of electronic health record differs from existing models in Germany, there is a need for successful implementation to ensure a positive…
Origen: Planning for Implementation Success of an Electronic Cross-Facility Health Record for Pediatric Palliative Care Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) – PubMed

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 31;19(1):428. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010428.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The decision to sign a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) consent is critical for patients concerned about their end-of-life medical care. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) introduced a family palliative care consultation fee to encourage family palliative care consultations; since its implementation, identifying which families require such consultations has become more important. In this study, the Taiwanese version of the Palliative Care Screening Tool (TW-PCST) was used to determine each patient’s degree of need for a family palliative care consultation.OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed factors associated with signing DNR consents. The results…
Origen: Investigating Key Factors Related to the Decision of a Do-Not-Resuscitate Consent – PubMed

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 26;19(1):227. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010227.ABSTRACTSpirituality is the most unknown aspect of palliative care despite being the need that is most altered in the last moments of life.OBJECTIVE: To identify on the one hand the spiritual needs of patients who are at the end of life and on the other hand, the way in which nursing professionals can work to provide effective accompaniment in this process.METHOD: A qualitative study was conducted which applied different data collection techniques. This was done to describe the phenomenon from a holistic perspective in relation to experts’ perceptions of the…
Origen: Spirituality in Patients at the End of Life-Is It Necessary? A Qualitative Approach to the Protagonists – PubMed