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Program targeting families of ICU decedents associated with higher ratings of emotional, spiritual support

Bereaved families who participated in the 3 Wishes Program, in which clinicians elicit and fulfill simple wishes for dying patients and their families, rated their emotional and spiritual support significantly higher than those who did not participate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/25/program-targeting-families-of-ICU-decedents-associated-with-higher-ratings-of-emotional-spiritual-support.htm
25 May 2022

Project allows ICU patients, families to personalize dying process

Last wishes of ICU patients, from bagpipe music to charitable donations, were fulfilled by researchers, who found positive impact on patients, families, and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/15/1.htm
15 Jul 2015

Timely palliative care for inpatients with advanced cancer has cost-saving effect, study shows

Providing earlier palliative care consultation to patients with advanced cancer significantly lowers direct costs of hospital care, according to a multicenter study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/17/4.htm
17 Jun 2015

Give them choice or give them guidance?

Study looks at patients' autonomy versus their best interest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/patient-autonomy.htm
15 Jul 2015

February issue is online and in the mail

This issue highlights discussions around feeding tubes in advanced dementia and decision making about ICU admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/5.htm
13 Feb 2019

Writing and wishing

Understanding patients' and families' perspectives plays a big part in successful end-of-life care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2012

Early palliative care improves quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer

AHRQ releases data on preventable heart failure hospitalizations
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/3.htm
25 Aug 2010

Palliative care consults by default did not affect inpatient length of stay

Implementation of a default, opt-out palliative care consultation intervention for older hospital patients with advanced chronic illnesses did increase consult rates from 16.6% to 43.9% and significantly increased odds of discharge to hospice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/palliative-care-consults-by-default-did-not-affect-inpatient-length-of-stay.htm
24 Jan 2024

Building trust aids decision making in end-of-life care

The patient is dying. More medical intervention is futile. But the family, speaking for their loved one, still wants everything done.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/decision-making.htm
15 Aug 2007

CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing opioids

The agency is accepting public comment until Jan. 13.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/23/4.htm
23 Dec 2015

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