Professionals who care for people at the end of life do much more than prescribe drugs, a new study has shown. The qualitative analysis published last month in the journal PLoS Medicine revealed that the day-to-day activities of palliative caregivers throughout Europe are highly multifaceted and complex. The study used qualitative research methods to identify […]
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Articles of interest in other scholarly journals Click on the article headings to view abstracts Undetected Cognitive Impairment and Decision-Making Capacity in Patients Receiving Hospice Care. Burton CZ, Twamley EW, Lee LC, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Dunn LB, Irwin SA. This study examined the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its impact on decision-making abilities in […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Drug updates Extemporaneous thalidomide oral suspension stability study A stability study of thalidomide oral suspension 20mg/mL, using the contents of oral thalidomide capsules and a 1:1 mixture of Ora-Plus and Ora-Sweet, has been published. The HPLC method demonstrated […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com , the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates Citalopram and escitalopram maximum daily doses restricted Restrictions on the maximum daily doses of citalopram and escitalopram have been made following the evaluation of a QT study by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory […]
The deafening silence surrounding end-of-life care
Californians are not having important discussions about end-of-life preferences with doctors and loved-ones, even though they would like to. A poll conducted by the California Healthcare Foundation (CHFC) shows that a large majority of respondents would either ‘definitely’ (47%) or ‘probably’ (32%) like to speak to a doctor about their wishes for medical treatment at […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Draft specialist care measures consultation A draft version of the specialist palliative care measures for inclusion in the Manual for Cancer Services has been issued by the UK Department of Health for a 12 week consultation […]
New guidelines recommend that palliative care be integrated with standard cancer care
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have published a provisional clinical opinion (PCO) which suggests that palliative care should play a larger role in standard cancer care, and that cancer patients should be offered palliative care earlier in their treatment. The PCO is based on evidence from seven recently published randomised controlled trials which […]
New feature-length film highlights “humanitarian crisis” in untreated pain
A new film by a group of award-winning Australian filmmakers aims to raise awareness of the pain suffered by millions of people each year who die without access to palliative care. LIFE Before Death, which is being released to coincide with World Cancer Day, includes footage from 11 countries around the world and highlights the […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Evidence for unlicensed and off-label medicines The UK Department of Health (DH) has announced that it will commission expert assessments of the evidence on the use of unlicensed or off-label medicines, including in rare conditions. These […]
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Articles of interest in other scholarly journals Click on the article headings to view abstracts The “no dialysis” option. Murtagh FE, Cohen LM, Germain MJ. As people are living longer, the number of patients with end-stage renal failure will increase and increasing numbers of patients who have a 6-month survival are starting dialysis. Furthermore, the […]