Search results for "Palliative care"
Respecting religion in the hospital
Communication from the start is key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/respecting-religion-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Oct 2019
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/impacts-of-aid-in-dying-laws.htm
15 Jan 2018
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/2.htm
30 Jan 2013
What not to do in palliative care
Some things physicians thought they were doing to help patients at the end of life are actually ineffective and even potentially harmful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/conference-coverage-palliative-care.htm
15 Dec 2015
A tour of oncology horrors
In what he called a “whirlwind tour of the horrors of medical oncology,” Christian T. Cable, MD, FACP, outlined the perils that may befall cancer patients, and what to do about them, in a session titled “Oncologic Emergencies.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/3.htm
16 Apr 2014
Safety-net hospitals, C. diff colonization
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2019
Survival benefit seen with combination antibiotics in patients with high death risk
Early palliative care improves quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2010
Bedside sitters, pneumothorax, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2020
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
Caring for prisoners
Coordination is key to ensuring smooth transitions and improving outcomes for patients coming to the hospital from prison or jail.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/caring-for-prisoners.htm
15 Oct 2017