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Patient Education and Counseling News
August 2, 2023

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Quicker Palliative Care Referrals Needed to Support Severely Ill COVID Patients

年代evere breathlessness in COVID patients with co-morbidities should be used as a signal for quicker referral for palliative care to help manage their symptoms sooner, new research has ...

Improving Serious Illness Communication for Patients With Advanced Cancer

Despite professional guidelines recommending early serious illness conversations for all patients with advanced cancer, many times these conversations occur, late or not at all. A collaborative ...

New Guidance for Cancer Pain and Opioid Use Disorder or Opioid Misuse

Opioids are a cornerstone of cancer pain management, but there is a lack of consensus on how to treat pain in cancer patients who also have struggled with opioid use disorder or prescription opioid ...

年代pirituality Can Improve Quality of Life for Heart Failure Patients, Study Finds

Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer. According to a literature review, spirituality can also have a positive ...

Few Countries Offer a Good Place to Die, Researchers Say

COVID-19 has shown us images of patients dying in isolation, apart from loved ones during their final moments. But even before the pandemic, harrowing deaths were all too common in most parts of the ...

Challenges and Lessons Learned Caring for Diverse, Vulnerable Populations in the ER

Interviews with two dozen emergency medicine residents in academic medical center found most placed importance on learning to deliver high-quality care to diverse populations. However, many did not ...

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Reducing the High Social Cost of Death

Researchers in Japan report on how bereavement can have far-reaching implications to an individual's health and their economic status. Deeper grief caused by the death of a loved one, correlates ...