Highlights of the March Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal:

Education Exchange

A Communications Bundle to Improve Satisfaction for Critically Ill Patients and Their Families: A Prospective, Cohort Pilot Study

Rana L. Awdish, Dana Buick, Maria Kokas, Hanan Berlin, Catherine Jackman, Cari Williamson, Michael P. Mendez, and Kristen Chasteen

Special Series on Measuring What Matters

Operationalizing the Measuring What Matters Spirituality Quality Metric in a Population of Hospitalized, Critically Ill Patients and Their Family Members

Rebecca A Aslakson, Josephine Kweku, Malonnie Kinnison, Sarabdeep Singh, Thomas Y. Crowe, II,  and the AAHPM Writing Group

Curbside Rounds: State-of-the-Art in Palliative Care

Integrating Supportive Care Principles into Dialysis Decision-Making: A Primer for Palliative Medicine Providers

Alvin H. Moss

Original Articles

Predictors of Complicated Grief and Depression in Bereaved Caregivers: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study

Mette Kjaergaard Nielsen, Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Anders Bonde Jensen, Peter Vedsted, Flemming Bro, and Mai-Britt Guldin

Hospice Use and Pain Management in Elderly Nursing Home Residents with Cancer

Jacob N. Hunnicutt, Jennifer Tjia, and Kate L. Lapane

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

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