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Brief report: Identifying a proxy for health care as part of routine medical inquiry. |
Lipkin KM |
Identifying Healthcare Proxies During Routine Medical Visits Background: Advance care planning and surrogate decision making are generally discussed at the end of life. However, patients want doctors... |
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Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia. |
Loeb M, Carusone SC, Goeree R, et al. |
Clinical Pathway to Reduce Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents with Pneumonia Background: Can a clinical pathway for pneumonia treatment reduce the need for hospitalization of nursing home res... |
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Matters of spirituality at the end of life in the pediatric intensive care unit. |
Robinson MR, Thiel MM, Backus MM, Meyer EC |
Supporting the Spirituality of Parents of Dying Children Background: Spiritual support provided in medical settings is often insufficient to meet the needs of parents of children at the end of life. ... |
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Symptom improvement in lung cancer patients treated with erlotinib: quality of life analysis of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trails Group Study BR.21. |
Bezjak A, Tu D, Seymour L, Clark G, Trajkovic A, Zukin M, Ayoub J, Lago S, de Albuquerque Ribeiro R, Gerogianni A, Cyjon A, Noble J, Laberge F, Chan RT, Fenton D, von Pawel J, Reck M, Shepherd FA |
Symptom Control with Erlotinib Background: First- and second-line chemotherapy prolongs survival and improves symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). T... |
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Effect of age on referral to and use of specialist palliative care services in adult cancer patients: a systematic review. |
Burt J, Raine R. |
Effect of Age on Palliative Care Referrals Background: Among adult cancer patients, what is the effect of age on referral to specialist palliative care (SPC)? Design and Participants: Six databases ... |
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