Related Articles Decision-making at the limit of viability: the Austrian neonatal choice context. BMC Pediatr. 2019 06 20;19(1):204 Authors: Stanak M, Hawlik K Abstract BACKGROUND: We aimed to explore the shared decision-making context at the limit of viability (weeks 22-25 of gestation) through analyzing neonatologist’s communication strategies with parents and their possible impact on survival and neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) outcomes. METHODS: A mixed methods approach was applied where a systematic literature search and in-depth semi-structured interviews with five heads of neonatology departments and one clinical ethicist from the Austrian context were integrated into a literature review. The aim was to…
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Related Articles Micro-Meso-Macro Practice Tensions in Using Patient-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures in Hospital Palliative Care. Qual Health Res. 2019 03;29(4):510-521 Authors: Krawczyk M, Sawatzky R, Schick-Makaroff K, Stajduhar K, Öhlen J, Reimer-Kirkham S, Mercedes Laforest E, Cohen R Abstract This article applies a micro-meso-macro analytical framework to understand clinicians’ experiences and perspectives of using patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) in routine hospital-based palliative care. We structure our discussion through qualitative analysis of a design and implementation project for using an electronic tablet-based tool among hospital-based palliative clinicians to assess patients’ and their family caregivers’ quality of…
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Related Articles End-of-life care in hospital: an audit of care against Australian national guidelines. Aust Health Rev. 2019 Oct;43(5):578-584 Authors: Bloomer MJ, Hutchinson AM, Botti M Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to map end-of-life care in acute hospital settings against Elements 1-5 of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s (ACSQHC) Essential Elements for Safe and High-Quality End-of-Life Care. Methods A retrospective medical record audit of deceased in-patients was conducted from 2016 at one public (n = 320) and one private (n = 132) hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Ten variables, key to end-of-life care…
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Related Articles Providing Dignified Palliative Care Services in Liberia. Ann Glob Health. 2019 10 15;85(1):124 Authors: Sieh SB, Sieh CVM, Desmond J, Machalaba CC Abstract Background: Liberia faces a critical shortage of palliative care services, particularly for persons with advanced-stage HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and cancers. Access to healthcare services is especially limited in rural areas, along with a lack of supportive social and economic resources. Home of Dignity (HoD) Health Center was established in 2013 in Yarbah’s Town to fill a last-option palliative care gap. The mission emphasizes patient wellbeing and worth. HoD integrates health, agriculture, and education on-site for…
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Related Articles Enhancing palliative care patient access to psychological counseling through outreach telehealth services. Psychooncology. 2020 01;29(1):132-138 Authors: Guzman D, Ann-Yi S, Bruera E, Wu J, Williams JL, Najera J, Raznahan M, Carmack CL Abstract CONTEXT: Palliative care encompasses an interdisciplinary team, including mental health care professionals, to address psychological distress of cancer patients. OBJECTIVES: To present the implementation of an outreach counseling program via videoconferencing or telephone to patients receiving care in an outpatient palliative care clinic and to compare patients using this service to those who only received psychological counseling in our outpatient clinic. METHODS: We conducted a…
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