Caring for depression in the dying is complex and challenging – survey of palliative physicians

BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Jan 16;21(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-00901-y.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Depression is prevalent in people with very poor prognoses (days to weeks). Clinical practices and perceptions of palliative physicians towards depression care have not been characterised in this setting. The objective of this study was to characterise current palliative clinicians’ reported practices and perceptions in depression screening, assessment and management in the very poor prognosis setting.METHODS: In this cross-sectional cohort study, 72 palliative physicians and 32 psychiatrists were recruited from Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists between February and July 2020…
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