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Association between hospice use and depressive symptoms in surviving spouses. |
Ornstein KA, Aldridge MD, Garrido MM, et al. |
Hospice Use and Depression in Surviving Spouses Background: Hospice services include counseling to family members before and after a patient’s death.1-2 Does hospice care he... |
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Mental health services for parents who lost a child to cancer: if we build them, will they come? |
Lichtenthal WG, Corner GW, Sweeney CR, et al. |
Mental Health Services for Parents Who Lost a Child to Cancer Background: Parents who have lost a child to cancer face intense, enduring grief.1-4 Are they receiving the mental ... |
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Ethanol reversal of tolerance to the respiratory depressant effects of morphine. |
Hill R, Lyndon A, Withey S, et al. |
Ethanol’s Effects on Morphine-Induced Tolerance of Respiratory Depression Background: Chronic opioid and alcohol usage often co-occur.1-3 Does ethanol alter opioids&rsq... |
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Ready to give up on life: the lived experience of elderly people who feel life is completed and no longer worth living. |
van Wijngaarden E, Leget C, Goossensen A. |
Elderly People Giving Up on Life Background: Even when elderly people do not have a life-threatening illness, some feel disconnected from life, ready to die, and consider a... |
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Trends in advance care planning in patients with cancer: results from a national longitudinal survey. |
Narang AK, Wright AA, Nicholas LH. |
Trends in Advance Care Planning Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is intended to help ensure that a person’s values and healthcare preferences are honored.1-4 How do... |
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Electroacupuncture versus gabapentin for hot flashes among breast cancer survivors: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. |
Mao JJ, Bowman MA, Xie SX, et al. |
Placebo Effects Observed While Treating Pain Background: The placebo effect has been documented particularly during clinical trials of treatments that affect opioid recepto... |
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Predictors of the placebo analgesia response in randomized controlled trials of chronic pain: a meta-analysis of the individual data from nine industrially sponsored trials. |
Vasea L, Vollertc J, Finnerup NB, et al. |
Placebo Effects Observed While Treating Pain Background: The placebo effect has been documented particularly during clinical trials of treatments that affect opioid recepto... |
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