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End of life Transition

Welcome to your information hub for new developments in transitioning patients from active treatment to end-of-life concerns. With offerings from a diversity of authoritative online resources, this is the best place to remain up to date with rapid changes in science and clinical practice.

DEBATE

Hospice Care: Not for Everyone?

This week we highlight the ongoing debate over hospice care, as our reporters discuss a rise in hospice dropout and its consequences for those with terminal cancer.

FEATURED CONTENT

January 27, 2012

Q&A: Imaging Center Partners with Mobile Anesthesia Unit

Diagnostic Imaging recently spoke with Dr. Rahul Desia, director of interventional pain management at EPIC Imaging, about their experiences with a mobile anesthesia unit. More »

December 22, 2011

Pain Management

Most patients with advanced cancer, and up to 60% of patients with any stage of the disease, experience significant pain. The WHO estimates that 25% of all cancer patients die with unrelieved pain. More »

November 30, 2011

Why Oncologists Should Refer Patients Earlier for Hospice Care

Since 1982, when Congress created the Medicare Hospice Benefit, home hospice has been broadly available in the US for the care of patients with advanced illnesses who have about 6 months left to live. More »

November 30, 2011

Another Path: Palliative Care From Day-of-Diagnosis

Doctors von Gunten, Lutz, and Ferris accurately point out some of the reasons for the tragic underutilization of hospice care and ways oncologists might address this issue. More »

November 30, 2011

Why Oncologists Should Refer Earlier for Hospice Care

Authors von Gunten, Lutz, and Ferris have provided oncologists, and all physicians with patients who have cancer, an excellent and pithy review of how those with very advanced cancer are currently... More »

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PATIENT RESOURCES

NIHSeniorHealth: Long-Term Care - Planning for Long-Term Care

nihseniorhealth.gov - 4/5/11

It spells out what life-sustaining treatment you do or do not want if you are terminally ill, permanently unconscious, or in the final stage of a fatal illness.

NIHSeniorHealth: Talking with Your Doctor - Conversations After Diagnosis - In Case of a Serious Illness

nihseniorhealth.gov - 1/10/11

Talking with Your Doctor. Conversations After Diagnosis - In Case of a Serious Illness. . ... Advance directives can be a living will or healthcare proxy. A living will includes your decisions about medical treatment at the end of life.

NIHSeniorHealth: Medicare Basics for Caregivers

nihseniorhealth.gov - 1/3/11

Click to enlarge image Hospice care is a special way of caring for people who are terminally ill ( dying) and helping their families cope. ... The goal is to provide end-of-life care, not to cure the illness. (

NIHSeniorHealth: Heart Attack - Life After a Heart Attack

nihseniorhealth.gov - 1/3/11

Life After a Heart Attack. ... Heart Attack. Life After a Heart Attack. You have reached the end of Life After a Heart Attack.

NIHSeniorHealth: Alzheimer's Disease - Treatments

nihseniorhealth.gov - 3/30/10

Ongoing research offers hope that someday it may be possible to delay the onset of Alzheimer's, slow its progress, or prevent it altogether. ... The time from diagnosis to the end of life varies, too.

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JOURNAL SCAN

Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in The Netherlands: 20012009 -- Buiting et al. -- Journal of Medical Ethics

jme.bmj.com - 1/12/12

J Med Ethics. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100066. Law, ethics and medicine. Paper. Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in The Netherlands: 2001 2009. ... Published Online First 12 January 2012. Introduction With an ageing

MJA: Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

www.mja.com.au - 11/21/11

(Medical Journal of Australia) Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

The Courts, Futility, and the Ends of Medicine, January 11, 2012, White and Pope 307 (2): 151 JAMA

jama.ama-assn.org - 1/11/12

These comments raise important questions about whether there is a role for the courts in helping to shape the boundaries of medical practice near the end of life. ... End-of-life Care/ Palliative Medicine.

JMIR-Effectiveness of Web-Based Versus Face-To-Face Delivery of Education in Prescription of Falls-Prevention Exercise to Health Professionals: Randomized Trial | Maloney | Journal of Medical Internet Research

www.jmir.org - 12/22/11

Effectiveness of Web-Based Versus Face-To-Face Delivery of Education in Prescription of Falls-Prevention Exercise to Health Professionals: Randomized Trial|Background: Exercise is an effective intervention for the prevention of falls; however, some forms of exercises have been shown to be more effective than others. There is a need to identify effective and efficient methods for training health professionals in exercise prescription for falls prevention. Objective: The objective of our study was to compare

Paralysed man seeks legal clarity over doctors role in assisting suicide | BMJ

www.bmj.com - 11/29/11

NotesCite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d7729

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