Related Articles Palliative Care Considerations for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer With Children at Home. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2016 Dec 01;20(6):585-587 Authors: Hendricks-Ferguson VL, Ott R Abstract Adult patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) who may have contact with children in the home setting are at risk of experiencing distress because of embarrassing and challenging oral symptoms often associated with an HNC diagnosis and the side effects of required treatments. This article features a case study involving a patient diagnosed with HNC and details how oncology nurses can provide patients with HNC and their caregivers with…
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Related Articles Rural versus urban differences in end-of-life care for lung cancer patients in Germany. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jul;26(7):2275-2283 Authors: Walter J, Tufman A, Leidl R, Holle R, Schwarzkopf L Abstract PURPOSE: To assess rural-urban differences in healthcare utilization and supportive care at the end-of-life in German lung cancer patients. METHODS: We identified 12,929 patients with incident lung cancer in 2009 from claims data and categorized them to four district types (major city, urban, rural, remote rural). We compared site of death, unplanned hospitalizations, hospital days, outpatient doctor, general practitioner (GP) and home visits, structured palliative care, therapy with…
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Related Articles The role of palliative care in critical congenital heart disease. Semin Perinatol. 2017 Mar;41(2):128-132 Authors: Mazwi ML, Henner N, Kirsch R Abstract Patients with critical congenital heart disease are exposed to significant lifetime morbidity and mortality. Prenatal diagnosis can provide opportunities for anticipatory co-management of patients between palliative subspecialists and the cardiac care team. The benefits of palliative care include support for longitudinal decision-making and avoidance of interventions not consistent with family goals. Effectively counseling families requires an up-to-date understanding of outcomes and knowledge of provider biases. Patient-proxy reported quality of life (QOL) is highly variable in this…
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Related Articles Nurturing Futility in the NICU: The Dutch Perspective. Perspect Biol Med. 2018;60(3):449-455 Authors: Eduard Verhagen AA Abstract Requests for life-prolonging treatments can cause irresolvable conflicts between health-care providers and surrogates. The Multiorganization Policy Statement (Bosslet et al. 2015) with recommendations to prevent and manage these conflicts creates a good opportunity to examine how end-of-life decisions are made in Dutch neonatal intensive care units and how medical futility is defined. The Dutch equivalent of medical futility in the context of NICU care has grown and developed rather independently, within the typical legal, ethical, and cultural framework of Dutch society.…
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Related Articles Effect of early palliative care: complex intervention and complex results – Authors’ reply. Lancet Oncol. 2018 05;19(5):e222 Authors: Vanbutsele G, Pardon K, Van Belle S, Surmont V, De Laat M, Colman R, Eecloo K, Cocquyt V, Geboes K, Deliens L PMID: 29726381 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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