This is a selection of articles from the September 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Palliative Care headlines.
Pain assessment as intervention: a study of older adults with severe dementia
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 25, 2008 Authors: Fuchs-Lacelle S, Hadjistavropoulos T, Lix L
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Assessing the Impact of Dexamphetamine on Fatigue in Patients with Advanced Cancer
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 24, 2008 Authors: Auret KA, Schug SA, Bremner AP, Bulsara M
Efficacy of Granisetron in the Antiemetic Control of Nonsurgical Intestinal Obstruction in Advanced Cancer: A Phase II Clinical Trial
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 24, 2008 Authors: Tuca A, Roca R, Sala C, Porta J, Serrano G, González-Barboteo J, Gómez-Batiste X
Management of Patients with ICDs at the End of Life (EOL): A Qualitative Study.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Kelley AS, Mehta SS, Reid MC Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Telehospice Acceptance Among Providers: A Multidisciplinary Comparison.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Washington KT, Demiris G, Oliver DP, Day M Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Comorbidities in a Cancer Patient: Problems in Pain Management and Palliation.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Bhatnagar S, Das SC, Khurana H, Gupta D, Mishra S Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
The Use of Pediatric Advance Directives: A Tool for Palliative Care Physicians.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Zinner SE Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Uncovering Beliefs and Barriers: Staff Attitudes Related to Advance Directives.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Bergman-Evans B, Kuhnel L, McNitt D, Myers S Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Prevalence of distressing symptoms in hospitalised patients on medical wards: A cross-sectional study
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Source: BMC Palliative Care - Latest articles - September 23, 2008 Authors: Katrin Ruth Sigurdardottir and Dagny Faksvåg Haugen
Pain Management Practices by Internal Medicine Residents - A Comparison Before and After Educational and Institutional Interventions.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Scott E, Borate U, Heitner S, Chaitowitz M, Tester W, Eiger G Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
End-of-Life Care Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Comparison of Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Schools.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 23, 2008 Authors: Rothman MD, Gugliucci MR Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Palliative Care and Pain: New Strategies for Managing Opioid Bowel Dysfunction
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 18, 2008 Tags: article
Posttest Questions
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 18, 2008 Tags: article
Activity Evaluation
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 18, 2008 Tags: article
Daily symptom burden in end-stage chronic organ failure: a systematic review.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 18, 2008 Authors: Janssen D, Spruit M, Wouters E, Schols J Tags: Palliat Med
End-of-life care: nurses' experiences in caring for dying patients with profound learning disabilities--a descriptive case study.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 17, 2008 Authors: Li S, Ng J Tags: Palliat Med
Pain assessment tools in palliative care: an urgent need for consensus.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 17, 2008 Authors: Hjermstad MJ, Gibbins J, Haugen DF, Caraceni A, Loge JH, Kaasa S, Tags: Palliat Med
Caregivers' active role in palliative home care – to encourage or to dissuade? A qualitative descriptive study
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Source: BMC Palliative Care - Latest articles - September 16, 2008 Authors: Anna Weibull, Frede Olesen and Mette Asbjoern Neergaard
In this issue
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Death Rattle and Oral Secretions—Second Edition #109
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Time to Recognize End-of-Life Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
The Volunteer Program in a Children's Hospice
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Interventional Palliation: Hour of Need for Evolution of Palliative Medicine
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Palliative Care Telephone Consultation: Who Calls and What do they Need to Know?
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Alcoholism Screening in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Impact on Symptom Burden and Opioid Use
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
PC-FACS
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Erratum: Correction
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Workforce and Leadership
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Staff Experiences with End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Materials to Prepare Hospice Families for Dying in the Home
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Statewide Efforts in Promoting Palliative Care
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Meetings and Events
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Dying with Advanced Dementia in Long-Term Care Geriatric Institutions: A Retrospective Study
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
The Place of Death of Children with Cancer in the Metropolitan Areas of Mexico
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
A Letter to Austyn
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw #196
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Understanding Changes in Breathing at the End of Life
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Legacy Activities as Interventions Approaching the End of Life
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Opioids Masquerading as Delirium in a Patient with Cancer Pain and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Profit or Not-for-Profit: Who Cares?
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Funding for Palliative Research: Two Additional Questions
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Attitudes and Barriers to Involvement in Palliative Care by Australian Urban General Practitioners
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Dartmouth Atlas Data Can Support Palliative Care Development
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Do Terminally Ill People who Live Alone Miss Out on Home Oxygen Treatment? An Hypothesis Generating Study
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Paying the Price at the End of Life: A Consideration of Factors that Affect the Profitability of Hospice
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Recent Literature
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Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - September 13, 2008 Tags: article
Suicide by advance directive?
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 8, 2008 Authors: Sontheimer D
Factors influencing hospice thromboprophylaxis policy: a qualitative study.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Noble SI, Nelson A, Finlay IG Tags: Palliat Med
Palliative care rehabilitation survey: a pilot study of patients' priorities for rehabilitation goals.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Schleinich MA, Warren S, Nekolaichuk C, Kaasa T, Watanabe S Tags: Palliat Med
The impact of a hybrid online and classroom-based course on palliative care competencies of family medicine residents.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Pereira J, Palacios M, Collin T, Wedel R, Galloway L, Murray A, Violato C, Lockyer J Tags: Palliat Med
Unrecognised cognitive impairment in hospice patients: a pilot study.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Irwin SA, Zurhellen CH, Diamond LC, Dunn LB, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Twamley EW Tags: Palliat Med
Letter to Editor: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for cancer bone pain.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Searle RD, Bennett MI, Johnson MI, Callin S, Radford H Tags: Palliat Med
Do case conferences between general practitioners and specialist palliative care services improve quality of life? A randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN 52269003).
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Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2008 Authors: Mitchell GK, Del Mar CB, O'Rourke PK, Clavarino AM Tags: Palliat Med
How useful are systematic reviews for informing palliative care practice? Survey of 25 Cochrane systematic reviews
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 2, 2008 Authors: Wee B, Hadley G, Derry S
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intranasal Versus Intravenous Fentanyl in Patients with Pain after Oral Surgery(October)
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 1, 2008 Authors: Foster D, Upton R, Christrup L, Popper L
Functional assessment of the older patient with cancer
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 1, 2008 Authors: Schubert CC, Gross C, Hurria A
Do gender-based disparities in authorship also exist in cancer palliative care? A 15-year survey of the cancer palliative care literature
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Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles - September 1, 2008 Authors: Singh PP, Jatoi A
Family health care decision making and self-efficacy with patients with ALS at the end of life.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Nolan MT, Kub J, Hughes MT, Terry PB, Astrow AB, Carbo CA, Thompson RE, Clawson L, Texeira K, Sulmasy DP Tags: Palliat Support Care
Thoughts on the goals of psychosocial palliative care.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Breitbart W Tags: Palliat Support Care
Hope in adults, ages 20-59, with advanced stage cancer.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Reynolds MA Tags: Palliat Support Care
Lung cancer: challenges and solutions for supportive care intervention research.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Schofield P, Ugalde A, Carey M, Mileshkin L, Duffy M, Ball D, Aranda S Tags: Palliat Support Care
The meaning of quality of life: narrations by patients with incurable cancer in palliative home care.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Melin-Johansson C, Odling G, Axelsson B, Danielson E Tags: Palliat Support Care
A qualitative study of the experiences of women with metastatic breast cancer.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Vilhauer RP Tags: Palliat Support Care
The geriatric depression scale in palliative care.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Crawford GB, Robinson JA Tags: Palliat Support Care
Caregivers' differing needs across key experiences of the advanced cancer disease trajectory.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: DuBenske LL, Wen KY, Gustafson DH, Guarnaccia CA, Cleary JF, Dinauer SK, McTavish FM Tags: Palliat Support Care
Psychiatric disorders and background characteristics of cancer patients' family members referred to psychiatric consultation service at National Cancer Center Hospitals in Japan.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Asai M, Akechi T, Nakano T, Shimizu K, Umezawa S, Akizuki N, Uchitomi Y Tags: Palliat Support Care
Quality of life among women after surgery for ovarian cancer.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Authors: Schulman-Green D, Ercolano E, Dowd M, Schwartz P, McCorkle R Tags: Palliat Support Care
Clinical update: literature abstracts.
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Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - September 1, 2008 Tags: Palliat Support Care
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