2 community based #palliative programs in Australia demonstrate it is possible to support the majority of people in the care of community palliative care services to die in their preferred place. #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo Dr. Emily Saurman

Establishing chaplain-led PC screenings as standard practice in the ED setting may improve end-of-life care for older patients. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #Geripal #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo

In an evaluation of the association between provider religion and religiosity and consensus about end-of-life care in 32 countries, differences were related to provider-level variations in religiosity and specialty.
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People with pancreatic cancer had tiredness, appetite loss and pain and >1/3 had discordant prognostic estimates in a study of people seen by #palliative care #hapc #palonc @SAGEHealthInfo journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Arif Kamal MD, MBA, MHS Alyson M Johnson, MD

Receipt of SBRT was significantly associated with race, insurance, geography, population, type of treatment facility, and year of diagnosis in Americans with spinal metastases, raising concern for disparities in care: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #palonc #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo

People with advanced cancer & informal caregivers expressed the importance of supportive care being offered multiple times during the disease trajectory in 6 Dutch hospitals. Read about their other priorities here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #hapc #palonc @SAGEHealthInfo

People with prostate cancer in one UK hospital had high healthcare utilization at end of life. Read about it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #palonc #hapc Sage Health & Nursing

How are advance directives applied in the care of people with incurable cancer? Read about the experience in one Florida hospital: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #palonc #hapc #advancecareplanning @SAGEHealthInfo

Read about the factors associated with systemic anti-cancer treatment in advanced cancer in a Toronto Palliative Care Clinic in 2006: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #palonc #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo

People with hematologic malignancy were more likely to receive chemotherapy at end of life in one Pennsylvania community cancer institute. #palonc #HAPC Read about it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Sage Health & Nursing Shanthi Sivendran MD, MSCR, MBA Kristina B. Newport

The frequency of chemotherapy at end of life is a data point used to evaluate quality cancer care. Read about this assessment in one Turkish hospital: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #palonc #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo

Our latest issue is out, featuring research on palliative care in advanced #cancer #palonc #hapc @SAGEHealthInfo journals.sagepub.com/toc/pala/36/2 Keith Swetz

It's time to prepare for re-entry into society: Concrete counseling strategies and tips for caregivers to help navigate re-entry after #COVID journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #pallicovid #hapc Chris Jones, MD, MBA @SAGEHealthInfo

Comparing patterns of usage of cEBRT versus SBRT in the treatment of spinal metastases in the US journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… SAGE Publications #hapc #pallonc

People with prostate cancer use a considerable amount of healthcare resources In the last year of life in one UK study. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #hapc #pallonc @SAGEHealthInfo

Palliative Care Outpatients who received #ChemoatEOL were more likely to have later #palliative consults. Read more about this population of patients here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #pallonc #hpac

This pilot study demonstrated massage therapy was a feasible and well-received intervention in patients with inadequately controlled symptoms journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #hapc SAGE Publications

Despite the perceived importance of ACP, the use of a framework tool did not overcome the competing priorities for time and lack of human resources in an outpatient clinic for people with dementia. #advancecareplanning journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #hapc SAGE Publications

A Reflection on patient loss: “I Lost My Best Buddy Yesterday” by Dr. Jordana Meyerson
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Care Considerations in a Patient- and Family-Centered Medical Assistance in Dying Program journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… @SAGEHealthInfo #MAID #MedicalAssistanceinDying #hapc