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How and when do patients request life-expectancy estimates? Evidence from hospice medical consultations and insights for practice [Published online ahead of print April 3, 2018]. |
Pino M, Parry R |
Insights Into How and When Patients Request Life-Expectancy Estimates Background: Discussing future illness progression with patients is a professional r... |
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Association of prognostic estimates with burdensome interventions in nursing home residents with advanced dementia |
Loizeau AJ, Shaffer ML, Habtemariam DA, Hanson LC, Volandes AE, Mitchell SL. |
Effect of Prognostic Estimates on Burdensome Interventions Background: Patients with advanced dementia (AD) commonly experience burdensome interventions ... |
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Racial-ethnic disparities in end-of-life care quality among lung cancer patients: a SEER-Medicare-based study [Published online ahead of print May 10, 2018]. |
Karanth S, Rajan SS, Sharma G, Yamal JM, Morgan RO |
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in End-of-Life Care Quality Among Lung Cancer Patients Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of American cancer deaths.1... |
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Towards developing an ethical framework for decision making in long-term ventilation in children [Published online ahead of print June 5, 2018]. |
Ray S, Brierley J, Bush A, et al |
Developing an Ethical Framework for Decision Making in Long-Term Ventilation in Children Background: The number of children needing long-term ventilation... |
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Reduced mortality rates among caregivers: does family caregiving provide a stress-buffering effect? |
Roth DL, Brown SL, Rhodes JD, Haley WE |
Analyzing Psychological and Physiological Stress-Buffering Benefits From Prosocial Helping Behaviors in Caregivers Background: Studies have found that ... |
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Elucidating the associations between sleep disturbance and depression, fatigue, and pain in older adults with cancer [Published online ahead of print March 2, 2018]. |
Loh KP, Zittel J, Kadambi S, et al |
Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Depression, Fatigue, and Pain in Older Adults with Cancer Background: Patients with cancer often suffer from ... |
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