Related Articles Palliative care nursing education features more prominently in 2015 than 2005: Results from a nationwide survey and qualitative analysis of curricula. Palliat Med. 2016 Oct;30(9):884-8 Authors: Martins Pereira S, Hernández-Marrero P Abstract BACKGROUND: Making palliative care accessible to all citizens who are in need of this type of care requires effective policies and education. Moreover, healthcare professionals have an ethical and legal responsibility to ensure quality palliative care. Nevertheless, palliative care has had traditionally a limited emphasis in healthcare professionals’ undergraduate education. AIM: To study the current status of palliative care education in nursing undergraduate curricula and compare…
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Related Articles The physician as patient in palliative care: A retrospective case-note audit. Palliat Med. 2016 Oct;30(9):889-92 Authors: McMichael LC, Zambrano SC, Crawford GB Abstract BACKGROUND: Dying physicians may present unique challenges to palliative care teams. Studies of dying physicians are scarce, but those that exist suggest a potential absence of a coordinating clinician, prolongation of curative treatments, resistance to palliative care input and barriers to discussing psychosocial needs. AIM: The aim was to describe and examine the care provided to physician-patients referred to an Australian palliative care service, and to identify issues faced by the physician-patient and by the…
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Related Articles What palliative care-related problems do patients with drug-resistant or drug-susceptible tuberculosis experience on admission to hospital? A cross-sectional self-report study. Palliat Med. 2016 Oct;30(9):862-8 Authors: Harding R, Defilippi K, Cameron D Abstract BACKGROUND: The new World Health Organization’s ‘End TB’ strategy specifies palliative care within its strategic pillars. Limited data on patient-reported problems are available to inform an effective care response. AIM: We aimed to (1) identify most burdensome problems, (2) compare intensity of problems for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis and (3) identify predictors of problem identifiers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional self-report quantitative study. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Self-report palliative care problems (physical,…
Origen: What palliative care-related problems do patients with drug-resistant or drug-susceptible tuberculosis experience on admission to hospital? A cross-sectional self-report study. – PubMed

Related Articles Use of 177Lu-dotatate in the treatment of iodine refractory thyroid carcinomas. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2017 Mar – Apr;36(2):116-119 Authors: Oliván-Sasot P, Falgás-Lacueva M, García-Sánchez J, Vera-Pinto V, Olivas-Arroyo C, Bello-Arques P Abstract In a patient with a differentiated thyroid cancer the standard treatment protocol to be followed is surgery, ablation of thyroid remnants with 131Iodine (131I), and TSH suppression. However, the treatment with 131I is not effective in some cases, and it no longer becomes a therapeutic option due to cell de-differentiation with loss of 131I uptake. Systemic treatment can be used as other options,…
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Related Articles Efficacy of chemotherapy in elderly patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a multicenter review of 895 patients. BMC Gastroenterol. 2017 May 22;17(1):66 Authors: Kuroda T, Kumagi T, Yokota T, Azemoto N, Hasebe A, Seike H, Nishiyama M, Inada N, Shibata N, Miyata H, Kawamura T, Imai Y, Ueno-Toshimori A, Tanaka Y, Terao T, Imamura Y, Koizumi M, Yamanishi H, Ohno Y, Hiasa Y, Ehime Pancreato-Cholangiology (EPOCH) Study Group Abstract BACKGROUND: The efficacy of chemotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer has improved. However, it is occasionally difficult to make treatment decisions for elderly patients. We reviewed the outcomes of elderly patients…
Origen: Efficacy of chemotherapy in elderly patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a multicenter review of 895 patients. – PubMed