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12.12.2019
Palliative Care Issues in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released a new Fast Fact...
12.12.2019
Pediatric Palliative Care: Where Are We Now?
Pediatric palliative care (PPC) aims to “deliver competent, compassionate and consistent care” to children facing life-limiting illnesses. This article reviews the current state of PPC...
12.12.2019
Live Discharge From Hospice: A Systematic Review
Live discharges from hospice often leave both patients and families with unmet care needs previously managed by the comprehensive services of hospice care. In a...
11.14.2019
New Fast Facts: Ketamine in Depression, Anorexia-Cachexia and Hip Fracture in Advanced Dementia
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released new Fast Facts including...
11.14.2019
Pain Management in Critically Ill End-of-life Patients
In a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines, consensus statements and benchmarks for quality, investigators sought to identify and integrate available recommendations on pain management...
10.14.2019
Guiding the Process of Dying: The Personal Impact on Nurses
Caring for patients and their families at the end of life is an aspect of nursing care fraught with challenges and emotional demands. In an...
10.14.2019
Effectiveness of Ambulatory Telemedicine Care in Older Adults
Rural residence often presents a barrier to individual healthcare access, especially in older adults. In a systematic review published in the Journal of the American...
09.13.2019
The Need for Palliative Care in Pharmacy Education
Palliative care pharmacists are in growing demand on interdisciplinary teams in the U.S. today. Despite this need however not every pharmacy school has curriculum dedicated...