end-of-life care

End of life physician-patient communication

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:34 -0500

Although a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and physician satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine.

End-stage dementia patients deserve same access to palliative care as people with cancer

harminka — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:10:44 -0500

There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care

harminka — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:36:58 -0500

As a brain-damaged woman named Terri Schiavo lived her final days in 2005, her family's bitter feuding imparted a tragic lesson about the importance of specifying one's wishes for end-of-life medical treatment.