Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal:
Education Exchange
How Islam Influences End-of-Life Care: Education for Palliative Care Clinicians
Madeline Leong, Sage Olnick, Tahara Akmal, Amanda Copenhaver, and Rab Razzak
Special Series on Measuring What Matters
Adherence to Measuring What Matters Items When Caring for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies vs. Solid Tumors
Thomas W. LeBlanc, Christine Ritchie, Fred Friedman, Janet Bull, Jean S. Kutner, Kimberly S. Johnson, Arif H Kamal, and the AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group
Original Articles
Staff Distress Improves by Treating Pain in Nursing Home Patients With Dementia: Results From a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Irene Aasmul, Bettina Sandgathe Husebo, and Elisabeth Flo
Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment
Shi-Yi Wang, Melissa D. Aldridge, Maureen Canavan, Emily Cherlin, and Elizabeth Bradley
To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). For further information on the Academy, call 847.375.4712 or visit aahpm.org.
Submitted by: David Casarett, MD MA, Senior Associate Editor, JPSM